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Game Addiction and Other Unintended Consequences (38) Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (2121) Problematic Internet Use, Online Gambling and Game Addiction (190) Theoretical Foundations and Frameworks on Games and Gamification (47) Cross-Sectional Studies in Public Health (433) Theoretical Frameworks and Concepts (340)

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

Authors of this article:

Joaquín González-Cabrera1 Author Orcid Image ;   Vanessa Caba-Machado1 Author Orcid Image ;   Adoración Díaz-López1 Author Orcid Image ;   Susana Jiménez-Murcia2, 3, 4, 5 Author Orcid Image ;   Gemma Mestre-Bach1 Author Orcid Image ;   Juan M Machimbarrena6 Author Orcid Image
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