From game engagement to craving responses – The role of gratification and compensation experiences during video-gaming in casual and at-risk gamers

Introduction: Although playing videogames is a common leisure activity some individuals develop problematic gaming behaviors or even symptoms of a gaming disorder. Game engagement may be involved in reinforcement learning that may result in experiences of craving, an important feature of gaming diso...

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Main Authors: S. Antons, M. Liebherr, M. Brand, A. Brandtner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-12-01
Series:Addictive Behaviors Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352853223000421