Background and aims The growing problem of Internet addiction has been acknowledged
through the inclusion of Gaming Disorder in the American Psychiatric Association's fifth …

In recent years, the notion of digital addiction has become popular. Calls for solutions to
combat it, especially in adolescents, are on the rise. Whilst there remains debate on the …

ABSTRACT Introduction: The American Psychiatric Association included Internet gaming
disorder (IGD) in the 5th Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders …

There is growing concern over the emergence of damaging compulsive use patterns among
some users of social networking sites (SNSs), in particular of mobile social media. Although …

Excessive Internet use has demonstrated comorbidity with other psychological symptoms
and psychiatric disorders, as well as impairments in the management of daily life …

Background and aims Internet gaming disorder (IGD) has become a topic of increasing
research interest since its inclusion in Section 3 of the DSM-5. Given the lack of clinical …

In everyday decision-making, individuals make trade-offs between short-term and long-term
benefits or costs. Depending on many factors, individuals may choose to wait for larger …

Background The recent paper by Aarseth et al.(2016) questioned whether problematic
gaming should be considered a new disorder particularly because “Gaming Disorder”(GD) …

This meta-analytic study aimed to identify the common and specific neural alterations in
Internet gaming disorder (IGD) across different domains and modalities. Two separate meta …

Abstract Research examining Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) has increased substantially
over the past decade. One of the risk factors for IGD includes poor impulse control. The …