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ReviewAddictive behaviors2017

Internet gaming disorder: Trends in prevalence 1998-2016.

Wendy Feng, Danielle E Ramo, Steven R Chan, James A Bourgeois

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Review in Addictive behaviors, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 86 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

86 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  15. Effectiveness of Therapeutic Interventions in the Treatment of Internet Gaming Disorder: A Systematic Review.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Wendy FengDepartment of Psychiatry, Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, USA. Electronic address: wendyfengmd@gmail.com.
Danielle E RamoDepartment of Psychiatry, Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
Steven R ChanDepartment of Psychiatry, Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
James A BourgeoisDepartment of Psychiatry, Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, USA.

Funding

Social Media Intervention for Young Adult SmokersK23DA032578 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI RAMO, DANIELLE E · 2012 to 2016
$927k
NIDA NIH HHS K23 DA032578
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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InternetBehavior, AddictiveHumansInternationalityPrevalenceVideo Games

Identifiers

PMID28662436
PMCPMC5582011

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