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ReviewAddictive behaviors reports2025

The temporal stability of problematic gaming and gaming disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

An-Pyng Sun, Chih-Hsiang Ho, Daria J Kuss, Chad L Cross

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Review in Addictive behaviors reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Epidemiology of adolescent gaming disorder: A 6-year population-based longitudinal study (2019-2024).European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

An-Pyng SunSchool of Social Work, Greenspun College of Urban Affairs, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154, United States.
Chih-Hsiang HoDepartment of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154, United States.
Daria J KussInternational Gaming Research Unit and Cyberpsychology Research Group, Department of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, Chaucer CHR4017, 50 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham NG14FQ, UK.
Chad L CrossSchool of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4700 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada 89119, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Classifying problematic gaming/gaming disorder as a formal psychiatric diagnosis requires data on its level of temporal stability: are the dysfunctional symptoms transient or can they persist in the absence of treatment? To evaluate this question, we conducted a literature review and

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Categorical temporal stabilityDimensional temporal stabilityGaming disorderLongitudinal studiesMeta-analysisProblematic gamingTemporal stability

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PMID40125549
PMCPMC11928845

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