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ArticleClinical neuropsychiatry2021

Online Gaming and Prolonged Self-Isolation: Evidence from Italian Gamers During the Covid-19 Outbreak.

Alessandro Giardina, Maria Di Blasi, Adriano Schimmenti, Daniel L King, Vladan Starcevic, Joël Billieux

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Article in Clinical neuropsychiatry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Alessandro GiardinaInstitute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; Quartier UNIL-Mouline - Bâtiment Géopolis CH-1015 Lausanne; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6313-4290.
Maria Di BlasiDepartment of Psychology, Educational Sciences and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Edificio 15, 90100, Palermo, Italy E-mail: maria.diblasi@unipa.it.
Adriano SchimmentiFaculty of Human and Social Sciences, UKE- Kore University of Enna, Italy. E-mail: adriano.schimmenti@unikore.it ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5181-2648.
Daniel L KingCollege of Education, Psychology, and Social Work, Flinders University, Australia. Email: daniel.king@flinders.edu.au. ORCID: 0000-0002-1762-2581.
Vladan StarcevicUniversity of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney Medical School, Nepean Clinical School, Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney, Australia. E-mail: vladan.starcevic@sydney.edu.au ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6772-6995.
Joël BillieuxInstitute of Psychology, University of Lausanne and Centre for Excessive Gambling, Lausanne University Hospitals (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland, and University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg E-mail: Joel.Billieux@unil.ch ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7388-6194.
University of Lausanne · CHFlinders University · AUThe University of Sydney · AUUniversità degli Studi di Enna Kore · ITUniversity of Palermo · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe self-isolation measures employed during the COVID-19 pandemic made it dificult for basic needs to be met, thus increasing emotional distress. It has been suggested that socially meaningful online gaming bufered emotional distress during the lockdown. This study aimed to test the protective effect of online gaming during the lockdown and to investigate the diferences between highly involved gamers (those who play videogames intensely without adverse consequences) and problematic gamers in this regard.

methodCapitalizing on a data collection that started before the pandemic, we adopted a cross-sectional between-groups study design in which gaming patterns, gaming-related variables and levels of emotional distress were compared between a pre-COVID group (N=298) and a COVID group (N=366).

resultsCompared to the pre-COVID group, high involvement in gaming was more prominent and emotional distress was decreased in the COVID group. Moderated regression analyses further revealed that the interaction between social compensation via gaming and highly involved gaming was associated with lower levels of emotional distress in the COVID-19 group. In contrast, the interaction between gaming-related relaxation and problematic gaming predicted higher emotional distress in the COVID-19 group.

conclusionsThis study suggests that gaming for social compensation might mitigate the experienced emotional distress during pandemic related self-isolation, whereas maladaptive gaming patterns could constitute a vulnerability factor deserving clinical attention.

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anxietyCOVID-19depressionemotional distressonline gamingproblematic gaming

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