2024
Efficacy and Neural Mechanisms of Mindfulness Meditation Among Adults With Internet Gaming Disorder
Ni H, Wang H, Ma X, Li S, Liu C, Song X, Potenza M, Dong G. Efficacy and Neural Mechanisms of Mindfulness Meditation Among Adults With Internet Gaming Disorder. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2416684. PMID: 38888924, PMCID: PMC11185988, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.16684.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInternet gaming disorderDSM-5-TRProgressive muscle relaxationMindfulness meditationProgressive muscle relaxation groupNeural mechanismsGaming cravingsAddiction severityDecreased cravingFunctional connectivityAssociated with decreased brain activitySeverity of internet gaming disorderInternet gaming disorder severityTreating Internet Gaming DisorderBlood oxygen level-dependent signalCue-craving taskMedial frontal gyrusPotential neural mechanismsProgressive muscle relaxation trainingBilateral lentiform nucleusFrontal gyrusIncreased mindfulnessBrain measuresGaming disorderBrain regionsPavlovian-to-instrumental transfer and outcome-devaluation effects in individuals with gaming experience
Xu L, Zhang J, Geng X, Song K, Zeng P, Potenza M, Schad D, Zhang J. Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer and outcome-devaluation effects in individuals with gaming experience. Computers In Human Behavior 2024, 155: 108188. DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2024.108188.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRecreational game useInternet gaming disorderInternet gaming disorder groupHabitual controlInstrumental behaviorPavlovian-to-instrumental transferDevelopment of internet gaming disorderGaming-related cuesSubstance use disordersForty-five adultsTransfer effectsGaming behaviorDevaluation sensitivityPavlovian cuesDevaluation procedureMonetary cuesPIT taskAddiction severityAddiction developmentAddictive behaviorsLearned associationsGaming disorderNo-goOutcome valuesPIT effectCompulsivity-related behavioral features of problematic usage of the internet: A scoping review of paradigms, progress, and perspectives
Liu L, Yao Y, Fang X, Xu L, Hu M, Zhang J, Potenza M. Compulsivity-related behavioral features of problematic usage of the internet: A scoping review of paradigms, progress, and perspectives. Journal Of Behavioral Addictions 2024, 13: 429-449. PMID: 38656807, PMCID: PMC11220808, DOI: 10.1556/2006.2024.00023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFour-domain frameworkAttentional biasHabit learningSet-shiftingCognitive flexibilityInternet gaming disorderAddictive disordersNeuropsychological characteristicsGaming disorderCognitive featuresCompulsionTask resultsBehavioral featuresMultidimensional natureDisordersSystematic literature searchSub-typesDeficitsTherapeutic implicationsWeb of ScienceLearningUmbrella termPsycINFOLiterature searchBiasWanting-liking dissociation and altered dopaminergic functioning: Similarities between internet gaming disorder and tobacco use disorder
Ma X, Wang M, Zhou W, Zhang Z, Ni H, Jiang A, Zheng Y, Du X, Potenza M, Dong G. Wanting-liking dissociation and altered dopaminergic functioning: Similarities between internet gaming disorder and tobacco use disorder. Journal Of Behavioral Addictions 2024, 13: 596-609. PMID: 38635338, PMCID: PMC11220823, DOI: 10.1556/2006.2024.00011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInternet gaming disorderTobacco use disorderIGD participantsGaming disorderCue-craving taskImplicit Association TestBrain-behavior mechanismsHealthy control participantsImplicit association test resultsFunctional MRI dataNeuromelanin-sensitive MRIIncentive sensitizationAddiction severityDopaminergic involvementDSM-5Dopaminergic functionDopaminergic systemPotential dissociationUse disorderControl participantsBrain featuresHedonic responsesAssociation TestGaming motivesNeural featuresInhibitory Control in Gambling Disorder, Internet Gaming Disorder, and Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder/Problematic Pornography Use: a Review of the Last 5 Years
Mestre-Bach G, Potenza M. Inhibitory Control in Gambling Disorder, Internet Gaming Disorder, and Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder/Problematic Pornography Use: a Review of the Last 5 Years. Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports 2024, 11: 64-77. DOI: 10.1007/s40473-024-00272-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInternet gaming disorderImpaired inhibitory controlInhibitory controlGambling disorderBehavioral addictionsPornography useStudies of inhibitory controlComponents of executive functionStop-signal task performanceStop-signal taskGoal-directed behaviorTransdiagnostic factorExecutive functionIrrelevant responsesGaming disorderMental disordersTask performanceStroopDisordersAddictionHeterogeneous resultsTaskControl constructsNarrative reviewCompulsionTen years of research on the treatments of internet gaming disorder: A scoping review and directions for future research
Dong G, Dai J, Potenza M. Ten years of research on the treatments of internet gaming disorder: A scoping review and directions for future research. Journal Of Behavioral Addictions 2024, 13: 51-65. PMID: 38183434, PMCID: PMC10988415, DOI: 10.1556/2006.2023.00071.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-invasive brain stimulationCognitive behavioral therapyTreatment strategiesTreatment studiesInternet gaming disorderMedication-based treatmentDifferent treatment strategiesStudies of treatmentTreatment of IGDFuture studiesBrain stimulationControl groupBehavioral therapyGaming disorderTreatmentDSM-5Sex differencesDisordersSummary of findingsCurrent studyEarly stagesPharmacotherapyTherapyStudyYears
2023
Neuroimaging Correlates of Internet Gaming Disorder: Can We Achieve the Promise of Translating Understanding of Brain Functioning Into Clinical Advances?
Mestre-Bach G, Potenza M. Neuroimaging Correlates of Internet Gaming Disorder: Can We Achieve the Promise of Translating Understanding of Brain Functioning Into Clinical Advances? The Canadian Journal Of Addiction 2023, 14: 7-17. PMID: 38371925, PMCID: PMC10871672, DOI: 10.1097/cxa.0000000000000178.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsNeural mechanisms linked to treatment outcomes and recovery in substance-related and addictive disorders
Mestre-Bach G, Potenza M. Neural mechanisms linked to treatment outcomes and recovery in substance-related and addictive disorders. Dialogues In Clinical Neuroscience 2023, 25: 75-91. PMID: 37594217, PMCID: PMC10444012, DOI: 10.1080/19585969.2023.2242359.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsNeural mechanismsAddictive disordersPotential neural mechanismsTreatment development effortsInternet gaming disorderBrain processesSubstance use disordersAdvanced analytic approachesGaming disorderImpulse controlTreatment developmentUse disordersPsychiatric conditionsExtant dataTreatment utilityAddictionDisordersAnalytic approachTreatment outcomesNarrative reviewIntervention administrationMedication challengePresent reviewMain modelsContextPotential Biological Markers and Treatment Implications for Binge Eating Disorder and Behavioral Addictions
Mestre-Bach G, Potenza M. Potential Biological Markers and Treatment Implications for Binge Eating Disorder and Behavioral Addictions. Nutrients 2023, 15: 827. PMID: 36839185, PMCID: PMC9962023, DOI: 10.3390/nu15040827.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsInternet gaming disorderGambling disorderVentral striatumBehavioral addictionsBinge Eating DisorderReward processingEating DisordersGaming disorderReward systemTreatment implicationsBrain regionsBrain changesTreatment-related changesAddictionDisordersBingePotential biological markersPossible biomarkersBiological markersMore evidenceSpecific roleProcessingInterventionImplicationsCircuitry
2022
Obsessive-compulsive, harm-avoidance and persistence tendencies in patients with gambling, gaming, compulsive sexual behavior and compulsive buying-shopping disorders/concerns
Mestre-Bach G, Granero R, Fernández-Aranda F, Potenza M, Jiménez-Murcia S. Obsessive-compulsive, harm-avoidance and persistence tendencies in patients with gambling, gaming, compulsive sexual behavior and compulsive buying-shopping disorders/concerns. Addictive Behaviors 2022, 139: 107591. PMID: 36587418, DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107591.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive featuresTreatment-seeking patientsObsessive-compulsive subscaleBehavioral addictionsDifferent behavioural addictionsHarm avoidanceDifferent addictionsSymptom ChecklistObsessive-compulsive measuresLower scoresBuying-shopping disorderInternet gaming disorderCompulsive sexual behavior disorderCompulsive sexual behaviorSexual behavior disorderCharacter Inventory-RevisedGambling disorderGaming disorderCharacter InventoryClinical populationsInventory-RevisedPersonality profilesBehavior disorderHigher scoresEmpirical group
2020
Internet gaming disorder, psychological distress, and insomnia in adolescent students and their siblings: An actor-partner interdependence model approach
Lin C, Potenza M, Broström A, Pakpour A. Internet gaming disorder, psychological distress, and insomnia in adolescent students and their siblings: An actor-partner interdependence model approach. Addictive Behaviors Reports 2020, 13: 100332. PMID: 33437860, PMCID: PMC7786042, DOI: 10.1016/j.abrep.2020.100332.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInternet gaming disorderActor-partner interdependence modelPsychological distressAdolescent studentsInsomnia severityPsychological healthInsomnia Severity IndexIGD symptomsGaming disorderActor–partner interdependence model approachDepression Anxiety Stress Scale-21Anxiety Stress Scale-21Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-Short FormStress Scale-21Scale-Short FormActor effectsPartner effectsInterdependence modelAnxiety symptomsCross-sectional designScale-21Dyadic dataSleep qualityAdolescentsDistressDigital Technology Use and Overuse
Yau Y, Potenza M. Digital Technology Use and Overuse. 2020, 134-143. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190218058.013.13.ChaptersProblematic engagementInternet gaming disorderDisrupted prefrontal regulation of striatum-related craving in Internet gaming disorder revealed by dynamic causal modeling: results from a cue-reactivity task
Dong GH, Wang M, Zheng H, Wang Z, Du X, Potenza MN. Disrupted prefrontal regulation of striatum-related craving in Internet gaming disorder revealed by dynamic causal modeling: results from a cue-reactivity task. Psychological Medicine 2020, 51: 1549-1561. PMID: 32102722, DOI: 10.1017/s003329172000032x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInternet gaming disorderPosterior cingulate cortexRecreational game useIGD subjectsRGU subjectsNeurobiological markersGaming disorderCue-craving taskCue-reactivity taskGaming-related cuesCue-related cravingDynamic causal modelingPossible neurobiological mechanismsCognitive controlGaming cuesNeutral cuesUseful neurobiological markerPrefrontal regulationBrain responsesNeurobiological mechanismsLeft hemisphereCausal modelingCingulate cortexDirectional connectivityGame use
2019
Reciprocal relationship between depression and Internet gaming disorder in children: A 12-month follow-up of the iCURE study using cross-lagged path analysis
Jeong H, Yim HW, Lee SY, Lee HK, Potenza M, Jo SJ, Son HJ. Reciprocal relationship between depression and Internet gaming disorder in children: A 12-month follow-up of the iCURE study using cross-lagged path analysis. Journal Of Behavioral Addictions 2019, 8: 725-732. PMID: 32359239, PMCID: PMC7044588, DOI: 10.1556/2006.8.2019.74.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLevel of depressionDepressive symptomsDepression InventoryInternet gaming disorderSelf-reported severityChildren's Depression InventorySymptom screenRisk populationsSymptomsSeverityTime pointsCross-lagged path analysisDepressionGaming disorderLongitudinal studyReciprocal relationshipChildrenResearch panelBaselineDisordersAssociationCross-lagged structural equation modelsPrevious studiesLevelsStudy
2018
Gender-related functional connectivity and craving during gaming and immediate abstinence during a mandatory break: Implications for development and progression of internet gaming disorder
Dong G, Wang Z, Wang Y, Du X, Potenza MN. Gender-related functional connectivity and craving during gaming and immediate abstinence during a mandatory break: Implications for development and progression of internet gaming disorder. Progress In Neuro-Psychopharmacology And Biological Psychiatry 2018, 88: 1-10. PMID: 29684536, DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2018.04.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDorsolateral prefrontal cortexInternet gaming disorderExecutive controlSuperior frontal gyrusFunctional connectivity
2016
Comorbidity between Behavioral Addictions and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: a Systematic Review
Karaca S, Saleh A, Canan F, Potenza M. Comorbidity between Behavioral Addictions and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: a Systematic Review. International Journal Of Mental Health And Addiction 2016, 15: 701-724. DOI: 10.1007/s11469-016-9660-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAttention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderComorbid attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderDeficit/hyperactivity disorderBinge-eating disorderCompulsive buying disorderBehavioral addictionsGambling disorderHyperactivity disorderBuying disorderComorbid behavioral addictionsInternet gaming disorderGaming disorderSex addictionInternet addictionAddictionDisordersSystematic review