Prevalence of computer-gaming in the general population of adolescents: results from a Czech population-based survey

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“…to which boys and girls become addicted -for instance social networks and digital games. In the population of Czech boys and girls, there are individuals that may be considered addicted to these technologies (Suchá et al, 2019;Procházka et al, 2021;Kňažek et al, 2021).…”

Užívání internetu, sociálních sítí a digitálních her u adolescentů:

“…Jelikož existuje velké množství důkazů o problematickém užívání digitálních technologií dětmi a dospívajícími, přičemž tento fenomén dále roste Kňažek et al, 2021;Procházka et al, 2021; "Ve většině případů přicházejí s rodiči. Netolismus je specifický tím, že klienti jsou bez náhledu na problém, tudíž indikací jsou většinou právě rodiče."…”

Association between internet gaming disorder and loneliness: the mediating effect of suicidal and self-injurious behavior in adolescents

“…Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-Short-Form (IGDS9-SF; Pontes et al, 2015) The level of Internet Gaming Disorder was measured using the Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-Short-Form (hereafter IGDS9-SF), a one-dimensional self-report questionnaire consisting of 9 items covering all 9 diagnostic criteria of Internet Gaming Disorder listed in the DSM-5 (APA, 2013) . The questionnaire is used in the Czech Republic (Kňažek et al, 2021), Brazil (Severo et al, 2020) , Turkey (Muller et al, 2014) , Spain (Macur, Pontes, 2021) , China (Liao et al, 2020), etc. The respondent rates the statements using a 5-point Likert scale from 1 to 5 (from 1-never, to 5-very often).…”

“…It is one of the behavioral disorders (Saunders et al, 2017;Petry et al, 2015;King, Delfabbro, 2014) and is considered a subtype of internet addiction (Pontes, Griffiths, 2014;Király et al, 2015). The existing theoretical framework suggests that the prevalence of IGD in European countries is between 0.6% and 2.6% (Muller et al, 2013; around 9% in Asia and the Americas, with a lower prevalence in Australia of 4.4% (Fam, 2018;Liao et al, 2020;Setyaningsih et al, 2021) and 3% in the Czech Republic (Kňažek et al, 2021). IGD is more prevalent in adolescents than males than females (Severo et al, 2020;Zajac et al, 2017;Macur, Pontes, 2021).…”

“…There are two ways of experiencing loneliness: emotional and social (Vaux, 1988). While social loneliness represents a situation in which an individual lacks social contact, or relationships with other people [23][24] [25], emotional loneliness includes feelings of the absence of an intimate partner [22] and is associated with depressive thoughts (de Jong Gierveld, Havens, 2004; Kato et al, 2020;Shi et al, 2017) and higher rates of neuroticism (Kato et al,. 2020;Peerenboom et al, 2015).…”