Distinguishing addiction and high engagement in the context of online game playing

Charlton, John P.; Danforth, Ian D.W.

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2005.07.002

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Distinguishing addiction and high engagement in the context of online game playing

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Charlton, John P., Danforth, Ian D.W.·2007·Computers in Human Behavior

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Some authors have reported that gamers who do not exhibit evidence of other psychopathology or functional impairment may endorse items intended to parallel substance addiction, challenging their diagnostic utility.
“Some authors have reported that gamers who do not exhibit evidence of other psychopathology or functional impairment may endorse such items intended to parallel substance addiction 174-176 , thus challenging their diagnostic utility 172 .”
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The Introduction (page unavailable) describes high engagement as non-pathological and without negative consequences, while reporting that some addiction-criterion items can indicate high engagement. The Conclusions (page unavailable) warn that mistaking those indicators for addiction can overestimate pathological game playing. The paper does not establish that the gamers endorsing such items lacked other psychopathology; the citing sentence also attaches its diagnostic-utility conclusion to a different reference. (LLM, conf=0.82)
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Authors: Charlton, J. P., & Danforth, I. D. W.
Affiliations: University of Greater Manchester (GB)
Whitman College (US)
Corresponding author: Charlton, John P.
ORCID: Charlton, John P.
Venue: Computers in Human Behavior
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2007-05
Volume: 23
Issue: 3
Pages: 1531-1548
ISSN: 0747-5632 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2005.07.002
OpenAlex: W2124553691
Cited by: 946
References: 41
Citations by year: 2026: 30 · 2025: 26 · 2024: 39 · 2023: 59 · 2022: 55 · 2021: 60 · 2020: 61 · 2019: 61 · 2018: 68 · 2017: 69 · 2016: 71 · 2015: 69 · 2014: 63 · 2013: 52 · 2012: 54
FWCI: 32.81
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
ub-ir.bolton.ac.uk
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
www.elsevier.com/legal/tdmrep-license (tdm)
Locations: Computers in Human Behavior (publishedVersion)
UBIR (University of Greater Manchester) (submittedVersion)
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: behavioral addiction, massively multiplayer online games, gaming addiction, player engagement, addiction diagnosis, gaming time

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