Internet gaming disorder: A sign of the times, or time for our attention?

Faust, Kyle A.; Prochaska, Judith J.

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.07.009

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“…Negative effects of video games on physical activity [6]. Internet gaming disorder [7]. Serious games (green) Serious game, simulation, challenge, task, interaction, usability, evaluation Serious games use can improve health of patients [8,9] and serious games like simulation can improve the services of health professionals [10,11].…”

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Point Systems in Games for Health: A Bibliometric Scoping Study

Kokol

2018

SSRN Journal

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Aims:Very few details about point systems used in games for health are reported in scientific literature. Methodology:To shed some light on this topic a bibliometric study, analyzing the papers containing terms related to games for health and point systems was performed and a mini taxonomy was derived. The search string game* AND health AND (point* OR score) AND system* in a Scopus bibliographic database was used to produce the corpus. We limited the search to articles, reviews and conference papers written in English and to topics related to medical, health and social subjects. The corpus papers abstracts and titles were analysed by VOSviewer and a scientific landscape was generated. The landscape clusters were transformed into a mini -taxonomy. Results and conclusions:The search resulted in a corpus consisting of 354 papers. The derived taxonomy contains three objects; video games, serious games and educational games. The biblimetric mapping and taxonomy revealed some interesting conclusions: (1) the video games have mostly negative effects on health, (2) the serious games might have both a direct positive health effects on users and also indirect effects by improved competencies of health professionals, and (3) the research is concerned not only to computer based educational games, but also to traditional table games and sporting games. Based on the derived taxonomy we can conclude that point systems should reward physical activity and healthy living style and punish sedentary activities.

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Point Systems in Games for Health: A Bibliometric Scoping Study

Kokol

2018

SSRN Journal

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“…[17][18][19] According to Kyle A Faust prevalence may be underestimated due to low response (surveys take time away from gaming) and underreporting (a criterion of IGD is hiding one's extent of internet gaming). 20 21 st century is an era of widespread tremendous explosion of technological advancement. Increasing technology has inadvertently endangered our lives.…”

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Internet gaming disorder: a public health concern

Savanthe¹,

Savolu²

2019

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Internet gaming disorder is the public health concern globally due to its detrimental effects on the youth to an extreme of provoking them to suicide. As we lack studies in India highlighting this issue we have taken up a study to assess internet gaming disorder among medical graduates and validate the Internet gaming disorder-20 (IGD-20) scale.Methods: A cross-sectional study done on 200 first and second year medical students of Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool during February and March, 2019 using self-administered questionnaire containing IGD-20 which satisfies Griffith’s biopsychosocial component model and questions to assess socio behaviour changes. Data entered and analysed using SPSS version 23. Descriptive analysis, reliability tests, correlation and other appropriate significant tests used.Results: Prevalence of internet gaming disorder was 10%, more in male and who spend more than 30 hours per week on gaming which was statistically significant. Internal consistency of the IGD-20 was 0.91 Cronbach’s alpha. Socio-behavioural changes like aggressiveness, irritability and change in food patterns were significantly associated with excessive disordered gaming habit.Conclusions: Advanced technology as electronic gadgets, easily accessible networks are attracting the generation and making them addicted to it. Stress of the competitive world, loneliness is triggering this behaviour. Timely detection and management of the disordered gamers, scrutiny of parents on the internet gaming usage pattern of their kids, self-realisation and motivation towards physical games could help the youth to succumb the internet gaming disorder.

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“…Internet gaming disorder (IGD) is estimated to affect approximately 5 million people in the United States. 49 According to the American Psychological Association,…”

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An Osteopathic Physician's Approach to the Esports Athlete

Zwibel¹,

DiFrancisco‐Donoghue²,

DeFeo³

et al. 2019

Journal of Osteopathic Medicine

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Esports is gaining acceptance in the world of professional, collegiate, and high school athletics. However, there is a lack of information for osteopathic physicians about the health concerns and appropriate treatment of esports athletes. Because of the sedentary nature of the sport and accompanying poor posture, esports athletes are likely to have musculoskeletal injuries of the neck, back, and upper extremities. Additionally, these athletes may have metabolic disturbances resulting from light-emitting diode computer monitors as well as mental health concerns regarding gaming addiction and social behavior disorders. The authors explore the osteopathic physician's role in promoting health and reducing injury in this new gaming phenomenon.

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Internet gaming disorder: A sign of the times, or time for our attention?

Cited by 21 publications

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Point Systems in Games for Health: A Bibliometric Scoping Study

Point Systems in Games for Health: A Bibliometric Scoping Study

Internet gaming disorder: a public health concern

An Osteopathic Physician's Approach to the Esports Athlete

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