The Role of Context in Online Gaming Excess and Addiction: Some Case Study Evidence
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Frequent social media usage does not necessarily indicate social media addiction.
“Importantly, frequent social media usage does not necessarily indicate social media addiction (Griffiths, 2010) and therefore does not always have negative implications for individuals’ mental health (e.g., Jelenchick, Eickhoff, & Moreno, 2013) or academic performance (Pasek & Hargittai, 2009).”
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Mere social media use time is not equivalent with or sufficient to index social media addiction.
“This is consistent with the theoretical notion that the mere social media use time is not equivalent with or sufficient to index social media addiction (Griffiths, 2010; Andreassen, 2015).”
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People with PSMU show uncontrolled and compulsive behaviors similar to behavioral and chemical addictions.
“Similar to behavioral and chemical addictions, people with PSMU show uncontrolled and compulsive behaviors (Griffiths 2005(Griffiths , 2010)).”
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- Authors
- Griffiths, M. D.
- Affiliations
- Nottingham Trent University (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Griffiths, Mark D.
- ORCID
- Griffiths, Mark D.
- Venue
- International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
- Published
- 2009-07-07
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 119-125
- ISSN
- 1557-1874 (ISSN-L)
- 1557-1882
- OpenAlex
- W1989630096
- Cited by
- 474
- References
- 22
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 45.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Digital Games and Media
- Keywords
- online game addiction, excessive gaming, motivation, gaming time
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