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Reviews in Digital Mental Health (289) Problematic Internet Use, Online Gambling and Game Addiction (190) Game Addiction and Other Unintended Consequences (38) Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (2111) Methods and New Tools in Mental Health Research (558) Transdiagnostic Mental Health Interventions (207)

Published on in Vol 9, No 2 (2022): February

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/23700, first published .
The Associations Between Gaming Motivation and Internet Gaming Disorder: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

The Associations Between Gaming Motivation and Internet Gaming Disorder: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

The Associations Between Gaming Motivation and Internet Gaming Disorder: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

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