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Effectiveness of Brief Abstinence for Modifying Problematic Internet Gaming Cognitions and Behaviors
How Short Breaks from Internet Gaming May Change Problematic Thoughts and Behaviors
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Abstract
Eighty-four hours of voluntary abstinence from gaming resulted in a 50% reduction in maladaptive gaming cognitions for 63% of participants with Internet gaming disorder.
- Abstinence led to a reduction in the number of hours spent gaming.
- A clinically significant improvement in Internet gaming disorder symptoms was observed in 75% of participants at 28-day follow-up.
- Total compliance was achieved with the abstinence protocol, and no participants dropped out of the study.
- Maladaptive gaming cognitions improved reliably for 63% of the Internet gaming disorder group, aligning their scores with those of non-IGD participants by the end of the follow-up.
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