Published on in Vol 12 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/57304, first published .
The Mediating Role of Problematic Use of Loot Boxes Between Internet Gaming Disorder and Online Gambling Disorder: Cross-Sectional Analytical Study

The Mediating Role of Problematic Use of Loot Boxes Between Internet Gaming Disorder and Online Gambling Disorder: Cross-Sectional Analytical Study

The Mediating Role of Problematic Use of Loot Boxes Between Internet Gaming Disorder and Online Gambling Disorder: Cross-Sectional Analytical Study

Joaquín González-Cabrera   1 , PhD ;   Vanessa Caba-Machado   1 , PhD ;   Adoración Díaz-López   1 , PhD ;   Susana Jiménez-Murcia   2, 3, 4, 5 , PhD ;   Gemma Mestre-Bach   1 , PhD ;   Juan M Machimbarrena   6 , PhD

1 Instituto de Transferencia e Investigación (ITEI), Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR), Logroño, Spain

2 Clinical Psychology Unit, Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

3 Psychoneurobiology of Eating and Addictive Behaviors Group, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain

4 CIBER de Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

5 Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

6 Faculty of Psychology, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), Donostia, Spain

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