Associations of binge gaming (5 or more consecutive hours played) with gaming disorder and mental health in young men.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Video gaming is a popular activity among young people. Time spent with gaming was found to be only moderately associated with gaming disorder. However, patterns of binge gaming (playing more than 5 h consecutively) were rarely considered in research on gaming. This study explores how binge gaming frequency is related with gaming disorder and mental health.

Methods

The sample came from the Cohort study on substance use risk factors (C-SURF) and comprised 5,358 young men aged 28.26 years (SD = 1.27). ANCOVA was conducted to estimate the association between binge gaming frequency (gaming at least 5 h consecutively) and gaming disorder (measured with the Game Addiction Scale) as well as indicators of mental health.

Results

A total of 33.3% of the sample engaged

SUBMITTER: Marmet S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10260229 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature