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Internet gaming disorder: Trends in prevalence 1998–2016
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Metadata
- Authors
- Feng, W., Ramo, D. E., Chan, S. R., & Bourgeois, J. A.
- Affiliations
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Corresponding author
- Feng, Wendy
- Venue
- Addictive Behaviors
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-12
- Volume
- 75
- Pages
- 17-24
- ISSN
- 0306-4603 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5582011
- OpenAlex
- W2624846438
- Cited by
- 256
- References
- 80
- Citations by year
- 2026: 20 · 2025: 28 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 34 · 2021: 50 · 2020: 40 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 3
- FWCI
- 5.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- europepmc.org
- Locations
- Addictive Behaviors (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (K23DA032578)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Keywords
- internet gaming disorder, prevalence trends, online games, internet addiction
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Prevalence, Behavior, Addictive, Video Games, Internet, Internationality
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