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Front Psychol. 2018 May 16;9:736. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00736. Kimmig AS1,2, Andringa G3, Derntl B1,4,5. Abstract The increasing trend of mass shootings, which were associated with excessive use of violent video games, fueled the debate of possible effects violent video games may have on adolescents and young adults. The aim of this study was to investigate the […]

Read More… from Potential Adverse Effects of Violent Video Gaming: Interpersonal- Affective Traits Are Rather Impaired Than Disinhibition in Young Adults (2018)

J Gambl Stud. 2018 Jun 5. doi: 10.1007/s10899-018-9781-z. Molde H1, Holmøy B2, Merkesdal AG2, Torsheim T3, Mentzoni RA3, Hanns D4, Sagoe D3, Pallesen S3. Abstract The scope and variety of video games and monetary gambling opportunities are expanding rapidly. In many ways, these forms of entertainment are converging on digital and online video games and […]

Read More… from Are Video Games a Gateway to Gambling? A Longitudinal Study Based on a Representative Norwegian Sample (2018)

Front Psychiatry. 2018 Aug 24;9:371. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00371. Kim J1, Kang E1. Abstract Internet gaming disorder is associated with abnormal reward processing in the reward circuit, which is known to interact with other brain regions during feedback learning. Kim et al. (1) observed that individuals with internet game overuse (IGO) exhibit altered behavior and neural activity […]

Read More… from Internet Game Overuse Is Associated With an Alteration of Fronto-Striatal Functional Connectivity During Reward Feedback Processing (2018)

J Behav Addict. 2018 Sep 11:1-9. doi: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.77. Chen L1,2,3, Yang Y2, Su W1,2,3, Zheng L4, Ding C5, Potenza MN3,6,7,8,9. Abstract Background and aims Internet pornography consumption is prevalent among college students and problematic for some, yet little is known regarding the psychological constructs underlying problematic Internet pornography use (PIPU). Drawing on the Interaction of […]

Read More… from The relationship between sexual sensation seeking and problematic Internet pornography use: A moderated mediation model examining roles of online sexual activities and the third-person effect (2018)

J Behav Addict. 2018 Sep 11:1-10. doi: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.70. Pekal J1, Laier C1, Snagowski J1, Stark R2,3, Brand M1,4. Abstract Background and aims Several authors consider Internet-pornography-use disorder (IPD) as addictive disorder. One of the mechanisms that has been intensively studied in substance- and non-substance-use disorders is an enhanced attentional bias toward addiction-related cues. Attentional biases […]

Read More… from Tendencies toward Internet-pornography-use disorder: Differences in men and women regarding attentional biases to pornographic stimuli (2018)

Psychiatr Danub. 2017 Sep;29(3):302-312. doi: 10.24869/psyd.2017.302. Šincek D1, Humer JT, Duvnjak I. Abstract BACKGROUND: This paper explores problematic Internet gaming in the context of other forms of risky behaviour. The basic premise is that children and adolescents at risk will display different types of risky behaviour in various settings. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Children and adolescents […]

Read More… from Correlates of problematic gaming – Is there support for proneness to risky behaviour? (2018)

PLoS One. 2018; 13(7): e0201484. Published online 2018 Jul 26. doi:  10.1371/journal.pone.0201484 PMCID: PMC6062136 PMID: 30048544 Julia Brailovskaia, Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing,1,* Elke Rohmann, Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing,2 Hans-Werner Bierhoff, Conceptualization, […]

Read More… from The brave blue world: Facebook flow and Facebook Addiction Disorder (2018)