A Comparative Study of Psychosocial Interventions for Internet Gaming Disorder Among Adolescents Aged 13-17 Years

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

TCTR

Registry ID

TCTR20150702001

Enrollment

120

Registered

2015-07-02

Start date

2015-05-10

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-03-30

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Conditions

Internet gaming disorder (IGD) Game Addiction Adolescents Psychosocial interventions

Interventions

Thirty adolescents with IGD will attend a 7&#45

day&#44

overnight interventional camp. During the camp&#44

all subjects will participate in activities designed for increasing awareness or insight of their game addiction behaviors and reducing risk factors contributing to game addiction. The parents of this

week parent management training program specifically designed for alleviating game addiction behaviors. The children of this group will not attend a 7&#45

overnight interventional camp.,Thirty adolescents with IGD will attend a 7&#45

overnight interventional camp. Also&#44

the parents of this group will receive an eight&#45

week parent management training program.,Parents of 30 adolescents with IGD from the waiting&#45

list will receive a basic&#44

2&#45

hour lecture on how to deal with game addiction behaviors. Interventional camp or intensive parent management training will be provided after the comparing data collection completed.

Experimental Behavioral,Experimental Behavioral,Experimental Behavioral,No Intervention No treatment

Camp alone,Parent Management Training alone,Combined Intervention,Basic psychoeducation (Control)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

13 Years to 17 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Adolescents aged 13-17 years 2. Having the Game Addiction Screening Test (GAST) score falling into either the Addicted or Probably Addicted classification group

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Having difficulties reading or understanding the questionnaires 2. Having serious psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, mental retardation, autism spectrum disorder

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Addiction Rate based on the Game Addiction Screening Test (GAST) score End of interevntions Repeated Measures ANOVA and Effect Size	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Game Addiction Quality of Life Scale (Game-Q) End of interventions Repeated Measures ANOVA and Effect Size	—

Countries

Thailand

Contacts

Public ContactChanvit Pornnoppadol

Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital

chanvit.por@mahidol.edu6624194275

Outcome results

None listed

Source: TCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Apr 4, 2026

A Comparative Study of Psychosocial Interventions for Internet Gaming Disorder Among Adolescents Aged 13&#45;17 Years