The Causes, Diagnose and Intervention of Game Addiction

Mengqi Gong; Yue Hu; Dong Zhao

doi:10.2991/assehr.k.211220.145

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The Causes, Diagnose and Intervention of Game Addiction

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Mengqi Gong¹^{, a}^{, †}, Yue Hu²^{, b}^{, *}^{, †}, Dong Zhao³^{, c}^{, †}

¹University of York, York, UK

²Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, CHN

³Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, CHN

^b

192302006@njnu.edu.cn

^c

992568819@QQ.com

^†

These authors contributed equally.

^*Corresponding author. Email: ^amengqi.gong@foxmail.com

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Yue Hu

Available Online 24 December 2021.

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Keywords: game addiction; causes of game addiction; DSM-5; ICD-11; intervention; CBT
Abstract: Since the birth of video games, psychological research has focused on game addiction, and previous studies have obtained many valuable results. However, the researches on game addiction still have many limitations since they are lack integration. Therefore, this paper systematically introduces the research on game addiction: the causes, diagnostic criteria, and interventions of game addiction. We list the databases and screening criteria for searching the literature; 54 articles were included in this literature review. In the first part of this review, we discuss the causes of game addiction, including physiological factors, psychological factors, and external environments, and gave some suggestions about the causes of game addiction to further researchers. The second part compares three different diagnostic criteria such as Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) and International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) from the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and World Health Organization (WHO), respectively, and the Clinical diagnostic criteria for Internet addiction from China. In the third part, we describe the two most commonly used interventions for game addiction: medication intervention and psychological intervention. In addition, we also summarize and analyze the effects of various therapies and their shortcomings.
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Volume Title: Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021)
Series: Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date: 24 December 2021
ISBN: 10.2991/assehr.k.211220.145
ISSN: 2352-5398
DOI: 10.2991/assehr.k.211220.145 How to use a DOI?
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