June 12, 2023Young adults with ADHD are more likely to meet the criteria for Internet gaming disorder (IGD) or gaming disorder (GD) than are people without the condition, according to a new study published in the Journal of Attention Disorders.1The study’s findings revealed many insights on video game addiction: More than half (59%) of the participants with IGD also had ADHD.
Almost three-quarters of study participants with ADHD had IGD, compared to 30% among participants without ADHD. A staggering 82% of individuals with GD had ADHD, whereas just 21% of participants without GD had ADHD.
More than half of the participants with ADHD (57%) had GD.The study compared data collected over two years on gaming patterns and accompanying comorbidities, such as ADHD, between 136 clinical and 165 general gamer groups based in South Korea.
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