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  • Psychology
  • Addiction Research

Background:

  • Current video gaming research often focuses on gaming disorder, using criteria from substance use and gambling.
  • Measuring the individual's gaming experience as a continuum remains a challenge.
  • Understanding brain functional changes is crucial for capturing the dynamic nature of gaming experiences.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To survey literature since 2012 on measuring stress response in video gaming studies.
  • To clarify the relationship between video gaming and stress response.
  • To explore the proinflammatory hypothesis of addiction in the context of gaming.

Main Methods:

  • Scoping review of scientific literature published from 2012 onwards.
  • Inclusion of eleven studies that reported data pertinent to stress response measurement.
  • Analysis of findings based on the proinflammatory hypothesis of addiction.

Main Results:

  • Video gaming can elicit a physiological stress-like response.
  • The direction and nature of this stress response are modulated by individual biological profiles, gaming history, and specific game content.
  • Eleven reviewed studies provided insights into stress response measurement in gaming.

Conclusions:

  • Gaming's impact on stress response is complex and individualized.
  • Further investigation into the stress-behavior correlation in gaming is warranted.
  • Understanding these mechanisms can inform addiction research and potential therapeutic targets for gaming disorder.