I am extremely proud of Laura Maldonado-Murciano who has brilliantly defended her PhD thesis today at the University of Barcelona. Laura has been an inspiring and talented PhD student who loves the challenges of psychometrics and the field of Gaming Disorder. Well done Dr. Laura Maldonado-Murciano!

#PhD #Psychology #GamingDisorder #Psychometrics #Addiction

Our latest study on #gamingdisorder has just been published in the Comprehensive Psychiatry journal. Thanks to my colleagues for the collaboration @amir_pakpour

The study can be downloaded for free from here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2023.152396

Our latest study on #gamingdisorder has just been published in the Asian Journal of Psychiatry. Thanks to my colleagues for another collaboration.

#psychology #research #addiction #psychometrics

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103638

Pleased that our latest study on loot box purchasing behaviour, internet gaming disorder and online gambling disorder published in the Computers in Human Behavior is now live and free to download from here:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2023.107685

#GamingDisorder #Gambling #Research #Psychology

After nearly 10 years of its initial publication, the IGDS9-SF, the first brief standardised psychometric tool for 'Internet Gaming Disorder' continues to be empirically supported by emerging review studies. Find out more here:

https://www.halleypontes.com/post/2022-12-p2/

#GamingDisorder #Assessment

Our latest psychometric study on gaming disorder and social media addiction has been published in #PLOSONE

Free download from here: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279062

#psychology #research #academia #gaming #gamingdisorder #addiction

There's insufficient evidence to call gaming disorder its own clinical condition, report says - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RockPaperShotgun/~3/6fE127PjG04/ #gamingdisorder #mentalhealth #PCGameNews

Games industry should contribute to research into ‘problem gaming', Parliament report recommends - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RockPaperShotgun/~3/Hq8bCLREyFI/ #gamingdisorder #PCGameNews #government

World Health Organisation adds ‘gaming disorder’ to the International Classification of Diseases - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RockPaperShotgun/~3/D3Nfy60b590/ #EntertainmentSoftwareAssociation #WorldHealthOrganisation #gamingdisorder #mentalhealth #PCGameNews #UKIE