Associations of emotional experience with gaming duration and risk of gaming disorder among adolescent gamers: An ecological momentary assessment study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Affect has been shown to be associated with gaming disorder (GD), but little is known about how its temporal tendency may predict excessive gaming. We aimed to evaluate how affect intensity and fluctuations may predict gaming duration and risk of GD among adolescent gamers.

Design

A longitudinal study with ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to collect participants' data at four time points throughout the day during a 14-day observation period.

Setting

July and August 2023 in Hong Kong SAR, China.

Participants

A total of 317 adolescents (37.2% female; M_age = 15.5) who self-identified as regular gamers.

Measurements

The major measures were daily game time, GD (Internet Gaming Disorder Scale; IGDS9-SF) and affect intensity

SUBMITTER: Lo CKM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12319641 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature