The inclusion of gaming disorder (GD) as an official diagnosis in the ICD-11 was a
significant milestone for the field. However, the optimal measurement approaches for GD are …

In the 2000s, online games became popular, while studies of Internet gaming addiction
emerged, outlining the negative consequences of excessive gaming, its prevalence, and …

The activity of play has been ever present in human history and the Internet has emerged as
a playground increasingly populated by gamers. Research suggests that a minority of …

Pathological video-gaming, or its proposed DSM-V classification of “Internet Use Disorder”,
is of increasing interest to scholars and practitioners in allied health disciplines. This …

Background and aims The present systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to synthesize
the available literature on the relationship between gaming motivations and gaming disorder …

Background and aims: Research suggests that excessive online gaming may lead to
symptoms commonly experienced by substance addicts. Since games are particularly …

Gaming addiction has become a topic of increasing research interest. The last decade has
witnessed a significant increase in the number of empirical studies examining various …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors that influence people to play
socially interactive games on mobile devices. Based on network externalities and theory of …

Playing online games is experience-oriented but few studies have explored the user's initial
(trial) reaction to game playing and how this further influences a player's behavior. Drawing …

How to design useful digital game‐based learning is a topic worthy of discussion. Past
research focused on specific game genres design, but it is difficult to use when the target …