ReviewCureus2023
Symptoms, Mechanisms, and Treatments of Video Game Addiction.
Review in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
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Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effect of motivational interviewing on internet addiction and digital game addiction in adolescents: a randomized controlled trial.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Trial
- Video and App-Based Games for Youth Emotion Regulation: Scoping Review.JMIR mental health · 2026Article
- Motives of Children for Digital Gaming and Physical Activity and Their Parents' Perceptions: Cross-Sectional Matched-Pair Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2026Article
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- Action Video Gaming Enhances Brain Structure: Increased Cortical Thickness and White Matter Integrity in Occipital and Parietal Regions.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Burden of gaming disorder among adolescents: A systemic review and meta-analysis.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2025Review
- Validation of the Farsi version of the video-game addiction scale for children: its associations with social media addiction, internet addiction and executive functions.BMC psychology · 2025Article
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- Comparative Evaluation of Temporomandibular Disorders and Dental Wear in Video Game Players.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Connectivity in the Dorsal Visual Stream Is Enhanced in Action Video Game Players.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Video Game Addiction in Young People (8-18 Years Old) after the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Grey Area of Addiction and the Phenomenon of "Gaming Non-Pathological Abuse (GNPA)".Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- When Games Influence Words: Gaming Addiction among College Students Increases Verbal Aggression through Risk-Biased Drifting in Decision-Making.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Video game addiction is associated with early stage of inhibitory control problems: An event-related potential study using cued Go/NoGo task.Addiction biology · 2024Article
- Is Food Addiction a Specific Feature of Individuals Seeking Dietary Treatment from Nutritionists?Clinical neuropsychiatry · 2023Article
- Problematic media use is associated with poor oral health in Turkish school-age children: a pilot cross-sectional study.BMC oral health · 2023Article
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Video game addiction is defined as the steady and repetitive use of the Internet to play games frequently with different gamers, potentially leading to negative consequences in many aspects of life. As recent technological development has given easy access to gaming on many devices, video game addiction has become a serious public health issue with increased prevalence. Many studies have shown that video game addiction leads to changes in the brain that are similar to those that occur in substance addiction and gambling. Evidence has also shown that there is an association between video game addiction and depression, as well as other psychological and social problems. In light of these issues, our review article aims to increase awareness of video game addiction in society. The main objectives of this review are as follows: to describe the mechanism of addiction, to consider whether video game addiction is a real addiction, and to highlight the signs and symptoms of addiction. In addition, we identify the consequences of video game addiction and possible treatments for addicts. The information was extracted from high-quality research papers and reliable websites like PubMed and ScienceDirect.
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