ArticleDer Nervenarzt2013
[Video game and internet addiction. The current state of research].
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- Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Evaluation of the Social Network Use Disorder and Internet Gaming Disorder Criteria.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2018Article
- What does media use reveal about personality and mental health? An exploratory investigation among German students.PloS one · 2018Article
- [Problematic internet use (PIN)--a review of assessment questionnaires and risk factors].Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater · 2016Review
- The Effects of Video Games on Cognition and Brain Structure: Potential Implications for Neuropsychiatric Disorders.Current psychiatry reports · 2015Review
- Internet gaming disorder, social network disorder and laterality: handedness relates to pathological use of social networks.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2015Article
- [Biological basis of problematic internet use (PIN) and therapeutic implications].Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater · 2015Review
- Low 2D:4D values are associated with video game addiction.PloS one · 2013Article
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Abstract
The use of interactive screen media is widespread and for some users leads to pathological symptoms that are phenomenologically similar to signs of addictive disorders. Addictive use of computer games and other Internet applications, such as social media can be distinguished. In the past standard criteria to classify this new disorder were lacking. In DSM-5, nine criteria are proposed for diagnosing Internet gaming disorder. The focus is currently on video games as most studies have been done in this field. Prevalence estimations are difficult to interpret due to the lack of standard diagnostic measures and result in a range of the frequency of Internet addiction between 1 % and 4.2 % in the general German population. Rates are higher in younger individuals. For computer game addiction prevalence rates between 0.9 % and 1.7 % can be found in adolescents. Despite substantial comorbidity among those affected current research points to addictive media use as a stand-alone disorder.
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