Francesco Di Carlo, Valeria Verrastro, Maria Chiara Alessi, Antonella Sociali, Arianna Ida Altomare, Chiara Di Natale, Gianfranco Stigliano, Andrea Miuli, Aliseo Lalli, Gilberto Di Petta, Stefania Chiappini, Mauro Pettorruso, Henrietta Bowden-Jones, Mark D Griffiths, Giovanni Martinotti
INTRODUCTION: Internet gaming disorder (IGD) is an emerging condition within the field of behavioural addictions. IGD has been demonstrated to be highly comorbid with many other mental health disorders. Among these, substance use has been associated with IGD, and there are underlying similarities between behavioural addictions and substance use disorders. The main aims of the present study were (i) to investigate the association between high-risk gaming and substance use among young adults drawn from the general Italian population; and (ii) to explore the psychopathological correlates of high-risk gaming...
June 5, 2023: European Addiction Research