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      Problematic digital gaming behavior and its relation to the psychological, social and physical health of Finnish adolescents and young adults

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          Abstract

          Background and Aims

          The aim of this study was to identify problematic gaming behavior among Finnish adolescents and young adults, and evaluate its connection to a variety of psychological, social, and physical health symptoms.

          Methods

          This cross-sectional study was conducted with a random sample of 293 respondents aged from 13 to 24 years. Participants completed an online survey. Problematic gaming behavior was measured with the Game Addiction Scale (GAS). Self-reports covered health measures such as psychological health (psychopathological symptoms, satisfaction with life), social health (preferences for social interaction), and physical health (general health, Body Mass Index [BMI], body discomfort, physical activity).

          Results

          Problematic gaming behavior was found to relate to psychological and health problems, namely fatigue, sleep interference, depression and anxiety symptoms. Multiple linear regression indicated that the amount of weekly gaming, depression and a preference for online social interaction predicted increased problematic gaming symptoms.

          Conclusions

          This research emphasized that problematic gaming behavior had a strong negative correlation to a variety of subjective health outcomes.

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              Pathological video-game use among youth ages 8 to 18: a national study.

              Douglas A. Gentile (2009)
              Researchers have studied whether some youth are "addicted" to video games, but previous studies have been based on regional convenience samples. Using a national sample, this study gathered information about video-gaming habits and parental involvement in gaming, to determine the percentage of youth who meet clinical-style criteria for pathological gaming. A Harris poll surveyed a randomly selected sample of 1,178 American youth ages 8 to 18. About 8% of video-game players in this sample exhibited pathological patterns of play. Several indicators documented convergent and divergent validity of the results: Pathological gamers spent twice as much time playing as nonpathological gamers and received poorer grades in school; pathological gaming also showed comorbidity with attention problems. Pathological status significantly predicted poorer school performance even after controlling for sex, age, and weekly amount of video-game play. These results confirm that pathological gaming can be measured reliably, that the construct demonstrates validity, and that it is not simply isomorphic with a high amount of play.
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                Journal
                Journal ID (pmc): jba
                Journal ID (publisher-id): 2006
                Title: Journal of Behavioral Addictions
                Abbreviated Title: J Behav Addict
                Publisher: Akadémiai Kiadó (Budapest )
                ISSN (Print): 2062-5871
                ISSN (Electronic): 2063-5303
                Publication date (Print, pub): December 2015
                Publication date (Electronic, pub): 21 December 2015
                Volume: 4
                Issue: 4
                Pages: 281-288
                Affiliations
                [ 1 ] Oulu University of Applied Sciences , Oulu, Finland
                [ 2 ]Laboratory for Experimental Psychopathology, Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Catholic University of Louvain , Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
                [ 3 ]Research Unit of Nursing Science and Health Management, University of Oulu, Oulu University Hospital , Medical Research Center, Finland
                Author notes
                [* ]Corresponding author: Niko Männikkö; Oulu University of Applied Sciences, Kiviharjuntie 8, FI-90220 Oulu, Finland; Phone: +358 50 409 6318; Fax: +358 10 27 21300; E-mail: niko.mannikko@ 123456oamk.fi
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                DOI: 10.1556/2006.4.2015.040
                PMC ID: 4712762
                PubMed ID: 26690623
                SO-VID: 9784cf15-7964-4b58-bdef-55eef5b3b3c0
                Copyright © © 2015 Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest
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                This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium for non-commercial purposes, provided the original author and source are credited.

                History
                Date received : 13 February 2015
                Date revision received : 23 September 2015
                Date accepted : 27 September 2015
                Page count
                Figures: 0, Tables: 4, Equations: 0, References: 43, Pages: 20
                Funding
                Funding sources: No financial support was received for this study.
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                Subject: Full-Length Report

                ScienceOpen disciplines: Medicine,Psychology,Social & Behavioral Sciences,Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry
                Keywords: problematic game behavior,problematic gaming,health
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                ScienceOpen disciplines: Medicine, Psychology, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry
                Keywords: problematic game behavior, problematic gaming, health

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