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S. Giralt

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Free-to-play: About addicted Whales, at risk Dolphins and healthy Minnows. Monetarization design and Internet Gaming Disorder

2015

Abstract Introduction Video games are not only changing due to technical innovation, but also because of new game design and monetization approaches. Moreover, elite gamer groups with financial in-game-investments co-finance all users of free-to-play-games. Besides questions on youth protection, the growing popularity of free-to-play games has fostered discussions on supposed associations to Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD). Method Children and adolescents using free-to-play browser games were examined in a German school-based representative study (N = 3967; age range 12 to 18). Based on a clinical self-report AICA-S (Wolfling et al., 2011), students were categorized into non-problematic, ris…

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A hidden type of internet addiction? Intense and addictive use of social networking sites in adolescents

2016

Internet Gaming Disorder has been included as a preliminary diagnosis in DSM-5. The question remains, if there are additional internet activities related to addictive use. Especially, use of social networking sites has been discussed to be related to excessive use, but only few empirical studies are available. We wanted to explore, if use of social networking sites is related to addiction symptoms and psychosocial distress and which variables (demography, personality) predict addictive use. A representative sample of n?=?9173 adolescents (12-19 years) was enrolled. Self-report questionnaires assessed demography, frequency of social networking sites use, internet addiction, personality, and …

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Prevalence and determinants of online-sex use in the German population.

2017

Introduction The unlimited access to sexual features in the World Wide Web has raised concerns about excessive and problematic online-sex use. However, little is known about antecedents of internet-sex use of different intensity. Based on a representative German sample of 2,522 participants between the ages of 14 and 97 years, the aims of the present study were (1) to determine the prevalence rates of online-sex users with the short version (ISSTGSV) of the Internet Sex Screening Test and (2) to associate online-sex use with anxious vs. avoidant partner attachment patterns and “Big Five” personality traits as potential antecedents. Results The ISST is a brief, one-dimensional and reliable m…

Male050103 clinical psychologyGerman PeopleSocial Scienceslcsh:Medicine050109 social psychologyAnxietyGermanySurveys and QuestionnairesPrevalenceComputer addictionPsychologyEthnicitiesComputer NetworksBig Five personality traitslcsh:Sciencemedia_commonAged 80 and overMultidisciplinaryDepression05 social sciencesMiddle AgedFemalemedicine.symptomPsychologyResearch ArticlePersonalityClinical psychologyAdultAgreeablenessComputer and Information Sciencesmedicine.medical_specialtyBehavioral addictionAdolescentmedia_common.quotation_subjectSelf-conceptAddictionComputer AddictionYoung AdultmedicineHumansPersonality0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesPsychiatryDemographyAgedPersonality TraitsInternetAddictionlcsh:RBiology and Life SciencesConscientiousnessSelf ConceptBehavior AddictiveBehavioral AddictionPeople and PlacesMultivariate AnalysisPopulation Groupingslcsh:QPLoS ONE
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Emotionale Befindlichkeit und dysfunktionale Stressverarbeitung bei Personen mit Internetsucht

2011

Ziele: Die suchtartige Nutzung des Internet ist ein Phänomen, das immer stärker in das öffentliche Bewusstsein vordringt. Eine hinreichende klinische Charakterisierung, wie auch Befunde zu ätiopathologischen Faktoren fehlen bislang jedoch. In der vorliegenden Studie wurden zwei verschiedene Klientengruppen hinsichtlich Symptombelastung, Coping und Affektivität mit gesunden Kontrollprobanden verglichen. Methodik: Es nahmen insgesamt 45 Personen an der Studie teil; jeweils zu gleichen Teilen Personen, die wegen des Verdachts auf Internetsucht regionale Beratungsstellen aufsuchten bzw. Personen, die in einer spezialisierten Spielsuchtambulanz vorstellig wurden, sowie gesunde Kontrollpersonen.…

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