ArticleBMC psychiatry2023
Association of internet gaming disorder with impulsivity: role of risk preferences.
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- Parallel addictions: understanding the psychological and neurobehavioral damage of gaming and alcohol use in adolescents and young adults.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- The association between gaming disorder and impulsivity: A systematic review and meta-analysis.The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Person, Affective, Cognitive, and Executive Dimensions Associated with Problematic Social Media Use, Internet Gaming Disorder, and Their Co-Occurrence in Young Adults.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026Article
- Impulsivity facets and internet gaming disorder symptoms in male adolescents with ADHD: an exploratory cross-sectional study from Turkiye.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Internet Gaming Disorder and Internet Addiction: Comparing Italian and Migrant Children and Adolescents.Pediatric reports · 2026Article
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- The association between internet gaming disorder, depression, and anxiety among Palestinian university students who play internet games in a conflict-affected region.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Psychological and motivational factors associated with addiction tendencies to gaming, video viewing, and social networking services use among high school students: A cross-sectional study.PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2025Article
- How impulsivity and sensation seeking drive IGD tendency in healthy young adults: A resting-state MRI study.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Article
- Transdiagnostic neuromodulation of impulsivity: current status and future trajectories.Translational psychiatry · 2025Review
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- Influence of parental mediation and social skills on adolescents' use of online video games for escapism: A cross-sectional study.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2024Article
- Internet Gaming Disorder and Sleep Quality among Jordanian University Students: A Cross-sectional Study.Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2024Article
- Transdiagnostic study of dynamic brain activity and connectivity among people with gambling and internet gaming disorders: DYNAMIC BRAIN ACTIVITY IN GD AND IGD.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
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Abstract
backgroundInternet gaming disorder (IGD) is a formal mental disorder leading to personal and social impairment. Although it shares similar physical and psychosocial effects to substance use disorder, the psychological mechanisms underlying IGD remain unclear, although several researches have made significant contributions to its understanding. This study aims to elucidate the correlation between IGD, impulsive personality and risk preference of medical college students in China, from a questionnaire-based investigation.
methodsBased on the cluster random sampling method, a questionnaire survey was conducted among medical college students in Northern Anhui, China from September 3 to October 27, 2020. The questionnaires included the Internet Gaming Disorder Scale (IGD-20), Chinese revised of Barratt Impulsiveness Scale Version 11 (BIS-11), and risk appetite index (RPI). Perform independent sample t-tests, analysis of variance (ANOVA), correlation analysis, and moderating effect analysis using SPSS 23.0. P < 0. 05 is considered statistically significant.
results624 participants completed the survey, including 257 males (41.19%) and 367 females (58.81%). All participants were between 18 and 24 years. We found that in IGD and its six different dimensions and RPI, males scored significantly higher than females. Additionally, our finding revealed there is statistical significance in IGD and impulsiveness between gaming group with game time greater than or equal to 4 h and non-gaming group. The IGD and its six different dimensions, among which all except for mood modification are positively correlated with impulsiveness and RPI. Mediating effects indicate that RPI plays a partial mediating role between motor impulsiveness and IGD.
conclusionThe findings shows that there is a certain relationship between impulsivity and RPI, as well as IGD and its dimensions. RPI may be a mediator between impulsivity and IGD, and men have higher IGD. The findings supported the compensatory hypothesis. These findings may contribute to further research and development of intervention and prevention measures for IGD.
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