What is it about?
When studying the impact of gaming and social media use on adolescents' psychosocial wellbeing, it is of vital importance to differentiate between intensity of game and social media use and symptoms of addictive use. Whereas symptoms of addictive use showed to have clear negative effects on adolescents' psychosocial wellbeing, intensive use did not.
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Why is it important?
Symptoms of addictive use of games and social media should be regarded threats to the psychosocial development of young people.
Perspectives
I hope this article will contribute to the ongoing discussion about whether or not gaming addiction and social media addiction should be regarded as formal (psychiatric) disorders, and thereby to the development of prevention and treatment programs.
Regina van den Eijnden
Universiteit Utrecht
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This page is a summary of: The impact of heavy and disordered use of games and social media on adolescents’ psychological, social, and school functioning, Journal of Behavioral Addictions, September 2018, Akademiai Kiado,
DOI: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.65.
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