The Mediating Effect of Gaming Motivation Between Psychiatric Symptoms and Problematic Online Gaming: An Online Survey

• Autori principali: Király, Orsolya (Autore), Urbán, Róbert (Autore), Griffiths, Mark D (Autore), Ágoston, Csilla (Autore), Nagygyörgy, Katalin (Autore), Kökönyei, Gyöngyi (Autore), Demetrovics, Zsolt (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: JMIR Publications, 2015-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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BackgroundThe rapid expansion of online video gaming as a leisure time activity has led to the appearance of problematic online gaming (POG). According to the literature, POG is associated with different psychiatric symptoms (eg, depression, anxiety) and with specific gaming motives (ie, escape, ach...