Impaired decision-making under risk is associated with gaming-specific inhibition deficits among college students with Internet gaming disorder

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 229, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 302-309

  Yao, Yuan Wei ^a   Wang, Ling Jiao ^a   Yip, Sarah W ^b   Chen, Pin Ru ^a   Li, Song ^a   Xu, Jiansong ^b   Zhang, Jin Tao ^a   Deng, Lin Yuan ^a   Liu, Qin Xue ^c,d   Fang, Xiao Yi ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Addiction; Decision making; Inhibition; Internet gaming disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CHEN INTERNET ADDICTION SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUPS TASK; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GAMING RELATED GO NO GO TASK; HUMAN; INTERNET ADDICTION; INTERNET GAMING DISORDER; IOWA GAMBLING TASK; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STROOP COLOR WORD INTERFERENCE TASK; VALIDITY; YOUNG ADULT; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNET; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; VIDEO GAME;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUES; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNET; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PILOT PROJECTS; REACTION TIME; RISK-TAKING; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939464421     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.07.004     Document Type: Article

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