Background and aims The study aims to thoroughly understand the causal and precedent
modifiable risk or protective factors for Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD), a newly defined and …

Abstract Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) has become a significant issue in mental healthcare
over the past decades as the number of people engaging in excessive and unhealthy …

The emergence, development, and maintenance of gaming disorder (GD) is the result of an
interplay between gaming-related factors, individual factors, and environmental factors …

Although the internet provides many opportunities, there is a downside, which is that some
people suffer from diminished control over their use of certain internet applications. There …

Epidemiological studies on problematic Internet use and problematic gaming conducted so
far have mainly been carried out with unrepresentative and self-selected convenience …

This large-scale meta-analysis aimed to provide the most comprehensive synthesis to date
of the available evidence from the pre-COVID period on risk and protective factors for …

Numerous prior studies have explored the risk and protective factors underlying the
progress of gaming disorder (GD). However, no study has yet investigated the interactions …

Background and aims Internet gaming disorder (IGD), compulsive sexual behavior (CSB),
and problematic social network usage (PSNU) are prevalent disorders among adolescents …

Internet gaming disorder (IGD) is multifaceted and can have significant negative
consequences. The present study examined the contribution of cognitive, metacognitive …

The study used regularized partial correlation network analysis (EBICglasso) to examine the
structure of DSM-5 internet gaming disorder (IGD) symptoms (network 1); and the …