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Game Addiction

Game Addiction is a psychological disorder characterized by persistent and recurrent gaming behavior that leads to significant impairment or distress, distinguished from normative play by its compulsive nature, loss of control, and continued engagement despite negative consequences.

851

Publications

70.7K

Citations

2.3K

Authors

1K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

445

Variants

Gaming DisorderVideo Game Addiction

Parents

Publications

851

A ‘components’ model of addiction within a biopsychosocial framework

Mark D. Griffiths · Journal of Substance Use · 2005 · 2.9K citations

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Development and Validation of a Game Addiction Scale for Adolescents

Jeroen S. Lemmens, Patti M. Valkenburg, Jochen Peter · Media Psychology · 2009 · 1.4K citations

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Pathological Video Game Use Among Youths: A Two-Year Longitudinal Study

Douglas A. Gentile, Hyekyung Choo, Albert K. Liau et al. · PEDIATRICS · 2011 · 1.3K citations

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Pathological Video-Game Use Among Youth Ages 8 to 18

Douglas A. Gentile · Psychological Science · 2009 · 1.1K citations

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Internet Addiction

Kimberly Young · American Behavioral Scientist · 2004 · 1.1K citations

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Authors

2.3K

  1. MD
    Mark D. Griffiths

    Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom

    64 publications · 11.5K citations

    44

    h-index

  2. DL
    Daniel L. King

    The University of Adelaide, Australia

    23 publications · 1.3K citations

    20

    h-index

  3. PD
    Paul Delfabbro

    The University of Adelaide, Australia

    16 publications · 624 citations

    16

    h-index

  4. JB
    Joël Billieux

    UCLouvain, Belgium

    13 publications · 1.4K citations

    13

    h-index

  5. MN
    Marc N. Potenza

    Yale University, United States

    14 publications · 1.2K citations

    13

    h-index

1–5 of 2.3K

Institutions

1K

  1. Nottingham Trent University

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    46 h-index

    95 publications

    17.5K citations

  2. The University of Adelaide

    Adelaide, Australia

    19 h-index

    37 publications

    2.1K citations

  3. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    16 h-index

    33 publications

    1.6K citations

  4. University of Bergen

    Bergen, Norway

    13 h-index

    51 publications

    12.7K citations

  5. Flinders University

    Adelaide, Australia

    13 h-index

    26 publications

    845 citations

  6. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    11 h-index

    21 publications

    753 citations

  7. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

    Mainz, Germany

    11 h-index

    33 publications

    4.1K citations

  8. Catholic University of Korea

    Seoul, South Korea

    11 h-index

    40 publications

    2K citations

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Venues

  1. Computers in Human Behavior

    41 publications · 6K citations

    32

    h-index

  2. Journal of Gambling Studies

    31 publications · 1.6K citations

    26

    h-index

  3. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

    IJMA · 38 publications · 3K citations

    26

    h-index

  4. Journal of Behavioral Addictions

    29 publications · 3.6K citations

    25

    h-index

  5. Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking

    30 publications · 3.9K citations

    24

    h-index

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