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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) in a sample of 5,979 Italian Online Gamers

2020

Background: The prevalence of Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) in the Italian population of gamers is unknown. Several risk factors, including time spent playing (TSP), are proposed as an epiphenomenon of emotional dysregulation. Methods: The study estimated the prevalence of IGD in at-risk Italian online gamers, and the interplay between alexithymia and other risk factors. 5,979 responders were surveyed. IGDS-SF9 estimated pathological gaming. TAS-20 measured Difficult in Identifying (DIF) and Describing Feelings (DDF), and Externally Oriented Thinking (EOT). Results: 43% of participants had pathological IGD scores. Male gender (OR=1.2, 95% C.I.=1, 1.5, p=0.019), TSP (OR=7.6, 95% C.I.=5.5, 1…

Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD); Videogames; Risk-factors; Adolescence; Alexithymia; Playing-time.05 social sciencesVideogames050105 experimental psychologyAdolescencePlaying-time03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineInternet Gaming Disorder (IGD)Settore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia ClinicaSettore MED/48 -Scienze Infermierist. e Tecn. Neuro-Psichiatriche e Riabilitat.0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesRisk-factorSettore MED/25 - Psichiatria030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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