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(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicobiologia i de Metodologia de les Ciències de la Salut) (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge) (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge) (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicobiologia i de Metodologia de les Ciències de la Salut) (Instituto de Salud Carlos III) (Instituto de Salud Carlos III)
| Imprint: | Akademiai Kiado, 2025 |
| Description: | 12 pàg. |
| Abstract: | Background and aims: Internet gaming disorder (IGD) is a highly engrossing activity with the individual spending up to 10 h per day gaming, this causes issues in accomplishing their tasks and personal goals. Also, to generate in them increased anxiety, impulsivity and lack of social skills, this impacts the good personal development and individual's quality of life. Therefore, it is vital to better understand, in terms of treatment, which factors are associated with therapeutic outcomes (largely to achieve control over the use of video games and the lack of relapses) following a standardized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) protocol. This study aimed to explore sociodemographic and personality variables and their relation to treatment outcome in patients with IGD. Method: The sample included n 5 105 patients with IGD, considered between January 2005 and December 2022 and recruited from the Behavioral Addictions Unit at the University Hospital of Bellvitge. Data at baseline was registered (sociodemographic and clinical measures), as well as the therapy outcomes (compliance with the guidelines, presence of relapses and dropouts). Results: Patients were mainly males (n 5 95) with a mean age of 24. 97 (SD 5 12. 03). All patients included in this sample had individual CBT treatment in relation to their problematic gaming behavior. In terms of patients who relapsed, they had higher interpersonal sensitivity, hostility and persistence with lower selfdirectedness. Patients who dropped out were males with an older age of IGD onset. When looking at treatment noncompliance, it was related to higher psychoticism and reward dependence, and lower cooperation. Patients with IGD show higher levels of treatment noncompliance. Conclusion: These findings evidence a positive and promising effect of CBT on IGT. The factors identified as predictors of good and poor treatment outcomes should be considered for developing new evidencebased interventions focused on learning healthier key coping strategies to manage both cravings and triggers. |
| Grants: | Agencia Estatal de Investigación PID2021-124887OB-I00 Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI20/00132 European Commission 847879 European Commission 101080219 |
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| Language: | Anglès |
| Document: | Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada |
| Subject: | Behavioral addictions ; Internet gaming disorder ; Cognitive behavioral therapy ; Response to treatment |
| Published in: | Journal of behavioral addictions, 2025, ISSN 2063-5303 |
