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On the Prevalence of Addicted or Problematic Gaming in Finland

Veli-matti KarhulahtiVeli-matti KarhulahtiRaine Koskimaa

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lcsh:Social pathology. Social and public welfare. CriminologyGaming disordervideopelitmedia_common.quotation_subjectlcsh:BF1-990prevalenceInternet privacyinternet gaming disorder030508 substance abuselcsh:HV1-9960Internet gaming disordergaming disorder03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineriippuvuusmental disordersPrevalenceFinlandmedia_commonDiscussionpelaaminenbusiness.industryAddictionComputingMilieux_PERSONALCOMPUTING030227 psychiatryPsychiatry and Mental healthlcsh:PsychologyThe InternetInformationSystems_MISCELLANEOUS0305 other medical sciencebusinessPsychologyverkkopelithuman activities

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Highlights • A dataset from Finland in 2015 (systematic random sampling N = 4511) suggests an (unweighted) prevalence rate of certain “addicted gaming” (videogame play) to be 0.6% among local gamers and 0.03% among the whole population. • The implied prevalence of certain “problematic gaming” (videogame play) climbs to 1.4% among local gamers and 0.6% among the whole population. • Of those “addicted” individuals to whom videogame play was a problem “almost always,” eight reported their hours of play during a week (72, 30, 10, 7, 4, 1, 1, 1), which indicate that “addicted gaming,” if understood as excessive play, might not be optimal for describing such problems.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2019-12-01Addictive Behaviors Reports
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2019.100225