Ecological momentary assessment in internet gaming disorder – Interactions between stress, negative emotions, craving and gaming behavior

Key Points

• To explore the interactions between internet gaming disorder, stress, negative emotions, and gaming behavior.
• Utilized ecological momentary assessment to track behavior in real-time.
• Monitored levels of stress, negative emotions, and gaming behavior.
• Examined bidirectional relationships among these variables.
• Found that gaming provides short-term emotional relief.
• Identified a link between gaming and elevated levels of depression and anxiety.
• Noted that negative emotions and stress do not necessarily increase gaming time.

Abstract