Emotion and Craving Regulation Among Individuals With Internet Gaming Disorders

Emotion and Craving Regulation Among Individuals With Internet Gaming Disorder: Cognitive Appraisal and Mindfulness Capacities

To investigate the potential deficits in emotion and craving regulation capacities of drug-naïve young adults with Internet gaming disorder as compared with healthy controls.

The purpose of this study is to examine the differences in young adults' capacities of utilizing cognitive appraisal versus mindfulness to regulate negative emotions and/or craving in response to negative affective stimuli or gaming cues, respectively. This project will be conducted in Beijing, China.

Inclusion Criteria:

Internet gaming disorders (IGD):

1, DSM-5 recommended diagnosis of Internet gaming disorder :

1. the scores of the 9 items of DSM-5 recommended diagnosis for Internet gaming disorder ≥ 5.
2. engagement in popular Internet games (e.g. Arena of Valor, League of Legends and Player Unknown's Battle Grounds) for over 20 hours per week for a minimum of 12 months.

2, the scores of the Y-IAT(Young-Internet addiction Test) ≥ 50

Healthy controls (HCs): DSM-5 scores less than 5 and less than 20 hours gaming time per week.

Exclusion Criteria:

current or history of use of illegal substances and gambling; current or history of psychiatric or neurological illness; current use of psychotropic medications; being left-handed.