Attachment, Emotion Dysregulation, and Video Game Play: Testing the Mediating Role of Emotion Dysregulation in Gaming Disorder.
Insecure attachment styles (anxious and avoidant) are significantly associated with the severity of gaming disorder (GD) symptoms. Research has also suggested that emotion dysregulation may be one mechanism by which insecure attachment styles lead to greater severity of GD symptoms. In this study, w...
| Published in: | International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 1063 - 1078 |
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