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Internet Gaming Disorder in Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Although Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has been related to an increased risk for behavioral addictions, the relationship between ADHD and Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) is still debated. The aim of this study is to address this topic by exploring the prevalence of IGD in a consecut...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8947564/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35327800 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9030428 |
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author | Berloffa, Stefano Salvati, Andrea D’Acunto, Giulia Fantozzi, Pamela Inguaggiato, Emanuela Lenzi, Francesca Milone, Annarita Muratori, Pietro Pfanner, Chiara Ricci, Federica Ruglioni, Laura Tacchi, Annalisa Tessa, Chiara Villafranca, Arianna Masi, Gabriele |
author_facet | Berloffa, Stefano Salvati, Andrea D’Acunto, Giulia Fantozzi, Pamela Inguaggiato, Emanuela Lenzi, Francesca Milone, Annarita Muratori, Pietro Pfanner, Chiara Ricci, Federica Ruglioni, Laura Tacchi, Annalisa Tessa, Chiara Villafranca, Arianna Masi, Gabriele |
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description | Although Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has been related to an increased risk for behavioral addictions, the relationship between ADHD and Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) is still debated. The aim of this study is to address this topic by exploring the prevalence of IGD in a consecutive sample of ADHD youth, compared to a normal control group, and by assessing selected psychopathological and cognitive features in ADHD patients with and without IGD. One hundred and eight patients with ADHD (mean age 11.7 ± 2.6 years, 96 males) and 147 normal controls (NC) (mean age 13.9 ± 3.0 years, 114 males) were included in the study and received structured measures for IGD. In the ADHD group, 44% of the sample were above the IGD cut-off, compared to 9.5% in the NC group. ADHD patients with IGD presented with greater severity and impairment, more severe ADHD symptomatology, more internalizing symptoms, particularly withdrawal/depression and socialization problems, and more prominence of addiction and evasion dimensions. A binary logistic regression showed that the degree of inattention presented a greater weight in determining IGD. These findings may be helpful for identifying, among ADHD patients, those at higher risk for developing a superimposed IGD. |
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spelling | pubmed-89475642022-03-25 Internet Gaming Disorder in Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Berloffa, Stefano Salvati, Andrea D’Acunto, Giulia Fantozzi, Pamela Inguaggiato, Emanuela Lenzi, Francesca Milone, Annarita Muratori, Pietro Pfanner, Chiara Ricci, Federica Ruglioni, Laura Tacchi, Annalisa Tessa, Chiara Villafranca, Arianna Masi, Gabriele Children (Basel) Article Although Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has been related to an increased risk for behavioral addictions, the relationship between ADHD and Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) is still debated. The aim of this study is to address this topic by exploring the prevalence of IGD in a consecutive sample of ADHD youth, compared to a normal control group, and by assessing selected psychopathological and cognitive features in ADHD patients with and without IGD. One hundred and eight patients with ADHD (mean age 11.7 ± 2.6 years, 96 males) and 147 normal controls (NC) (mean age 13.9 ± 3.0 years, 114 males) were included in the study and received structured measures for IGD. In the ADHD group, 44% of the sample were above the IGD cut-off, compared to 9.5% in the NC group. ADHD patients with IGD presented with greater severity and impairment, more severe ADHD symptomatology, more internalizing symptoms, particularly withdrawal/depression and socialization problems, and more prominence of addiction and evasion dimensions. A binary logistic regression showed that the degree of inattention presented a greater weight in determining IGD. These findings may be helpful for identifying, among ADHD patients, those at higher risk for developing a superimposed IGD. MDPI 2022-03-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8947564/ /pubmed/35327800 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9030428 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Berloffa, Stefano Salvati, Andrea D’Acunto, Giulia Fantozzi, Pamela Inguaggiato, Emanuela Lenzi, Francesca Milone, Annarita Muratori, Pietro Pfanner, Chiara Ricci, Federica Ruglioni, Laura Tacchi, Annalisa Tessa, Chiara Villafranca, Arianna Masi, Gabriele Internet Gaming Disorder in Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
title | Internet Gaming Disorder in Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
title_full | Internet Gaming Disorder in Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
title_fullStr | Internet Gaming Disorder in Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
title_full_unstemmed | Internet Gaming Disorder in Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
title_short | Internet Gaming Disorder in Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
title_sort | internet gaming disorder in children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8947564/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35327800 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9030428 |
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