Mark D Griffiths6 Author
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Affiliation
Therapy & Rehabilitation
Mark Griffiths is a Chartered Psychologist and Professor of Behavioural Addiction at the Nottingham Trent University
Specialization Drug rehabilitation, Drug Abuse, Criminal justice and Counseling, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Chronic and acute intoxication, Opioid Toxicity and Overdosage, and has published articles entitled “The Mediation Effects of Behavioral Motivations between Age of Gaming Onset and Internet Gaming Disorder”
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Author(s): Matthew E Sprong1*, Frank D Buono2, Sara Kaiser3, Amir Garakani2,4, Erina Paul5 and Mark D Griffiths6
Background and Aims: Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) exhibits neurobiological similarities with other addictive disorders. Similar to other behavioral addictions, age of onset of game-play impacts the development of IGD. The present study utilized the Video Game Functional Assessment-Revised (VGFA-R) to explore the relationship between components of the motivations (mediating variable) contributing to IGD, symptomatic severity of IGD or risk for having IGD and the impact of age of gaming onset. Methods: Participants were recruited via Mass Media Recruitment at a US Midwestern University (304 remained after exclusion criteria applied). The study used a mediation analysis to evaluate the effects of gaming onset on the clinical diagnosis of IGD and the maintaining behavioral function of vid... view moreĀ»