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Binge gaming: a notable gaming pattern beyond total gaming time.
| Τίτλος: | Binge gaming: a notable gaming pattern beyond total gaming time. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Li M; Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha 410011, Hunan, China., Peng P; Department of Psychiatry, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China., Zhou Y; Department of Psychiatry, Hunan Second People's Hospital (Hunan Brain Hospital), Changsha, China., Wang Y; Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha 410011, Hunan, China., Hao Y; Department of Psychiatry, Hunan Second People's Hospital (Hunan Brain Hospital), Changsha, China. Electronic address: 523267071@qq.com., Liu T; Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha 410011, Hunan, China. Electronic address: liutieqiao123@csu.edu. |
| Πηγή: | Psychiatry research [Psychiatry Res] 2026 Jun; Vol. 360, pp. 117121. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Mar 25. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Elsevier/North-Holland Biomedical Press Country of Publication: Ireland NLM ID: 7911385 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1872-7123 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 01651781 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Psychiatry Res Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: Limerick : Elsevier/North-Holland Biomedical Press Original Publication: Amsterdam, Elsevier/North-Holland Biomedical Press. |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Video Games*/psychology , Internet Addiction Disorder*/epidemiology , Internet Addiction Disorder*/psychology , Internet Addiction Disorder*/diagnosis , Behavior, Addictive*, Humans ; Male ; Female ; Adolescent ; Internet ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Time Factors ; Digital Media |
| Περίληψη: | Previous papers have reported the positive correlations between gaming time and internet gaming disorder (IGD). However, qualitative patterns of gaming, such as binge gaming (BG, playing more than 5 h consecutively) which is easier to measure and may better reflect core behavioral addictive processes, has been underexplored. To examine whether BG frequency serve as a more distinct and clinically relevant indicator of IGD among Chinese senior high school students, independent of total gaming duration. A total of 2,689 participants (mean age = 16.10 ± 0.95 years; 52.88% male) completed an anonymous web-based survey. Partial correlation, hierarchical regression, and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) were conducted to verify BG was a more effective and better indicator of IGD compared to weekly gaming time (WGT). Over half of the sample (58.83%) reported engaging in BG at least once, with 17.77% engaging in BG more than weekly. BG frequency was significantly associated with higher nine-item Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-Short-Form (IGDS9-SF) scores (partial correlation = 0.306, p < .001), even after adjusting for WGT. Hierarchical regression showed that BG (β = 0.33) was a better indicator of IGD than WGT (β = 0.20) when both were included. ANCOVA confirmed a dose-response relationship: higher BG frequency was associated with increasingly severe IGD symptoms (explaining 10.1% variance after adjusting for WGT, p < .001). BG frequency is a robust and stronger indicator of IGD, independent of total gaming duration. These findings highlight the important role of BG episodes in IGD and provide a new perspective in refining strategies to reduce IGD. (Copyright © 2026 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.) |
| Competing Interests: | Declaration of competing interest The listed authors have no conflicts of interest to declare that are relevant to the content of this article. |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Binge gaming; Gaming pattern; Internet gaming disorder |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260331 Date Completed: 20260714 Latest Revision: 20260714 |
| Update Code: | 20260714 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.psychres.2026.117121 |
| PMID: | 41916212 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1872-7123 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.psychres.2026.117121 |