Attentional bias and disinhibition toward gaming cues are related to problem gaming in male adolescents

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 541-546

  Van Holst, Ruth J ^a   Lemmens, Jeroen S ^a   Valkenburg, Patti M ^a   Peter, Jochen ^a   Veltman, Dick J ^a   Goudriaan, Anna E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attentional bias; Excessive computer game playing; Game addiction; Impulsivity; Pathological gaming; Reaction time; Response inhibition

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DSM-IV; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PATHOLOGICAL GAMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECREATION; SCHOOL CHILD; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CHILD; CUES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GAMBLING; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84861579213     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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