Hazards of game addiction to health in adolescents

DONG Xiaolian; JIANG Yizhou; ZHANG Yixuan; ZHANG Weibo; WANG Na

doi:10.19428/j.cnki.sjpm.2022.21453

Shanghai yufang yixue (May 2022)

Hazards of game addiction to health in adolescents

DONG Xiaolian,
JIANG Yizhou,
ZHANG Yixuan,
ZHANG Weibo,
WANG Na

Affiliations

DONG Xiaolian: Deqing Center for Disease Control and Prevention， Huzhou ， Zhejiang 313200， China
JIANG Yizhou: School of Public Health， Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety， Fudan University， Shanghai 200032， China
ZHANG Yixuan: School of Public Health， Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety， Fudan University， Shanghai 200032， China
ZHANG Weibo: Shanghai Mental Health Center， Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine， Shanghai 200030， China
WANG Na: School of Public Health， Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety， Fudan University， Shanghai 200032， China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.19428/j.cnki.sjpm.2022.21453
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 34, no. 5
pp. 504 – 508

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Gaming addiction， as a main manifestation of internet addiction， is characterized by a pattern of persistent or recurrent gaming behaviors. Gaming behaviors are common among adolescents and can result in marked distress or significant impairment in personal， family， social or other important areas of functioning. Recent research on health hazards of gaming addiction is relatively scattered. This article reviews the harm of adolescent game addiction to physical and mental health.

Published in Shanghai yufang yixue

ISSN: 1004-9231 (Print)
Publisher: Shanghai Preventive Medicine Association
Country of publisher: China
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: http://www.sjpm.org.cn/indexen.htm

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