Mental Imagery Tasks to Reduce Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) Cravings

Jin-tao Zhang

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Internet Gaming Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Imagery tasks

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03868488

Mental imagery tasks

Details and patient eligibility

About

To test whether visual and auditory imagery tasks can effectively reduce the craving for IGD.

Full description

This project is to use imagery tasks to reduce the craving of internet gamers. To test whether visual and auditory imagery tasks can effectively reduce the craving for IGD. This project will be conducted in Beijing, China, based on a large sample of internet gamers.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The scores of the 9 items of The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition(DSM-5) recommended diagnosis for Internet gaming disorder ≥ 5.
• Engagement in popular Internet games (e.g. Arena of Valor, League of Legends and Player Unknown's Battle Grounds) for over 20 hours per week for a minimum of 12 months.
• The scores of the Young-Internet Addiction Test(Y-IAT) ≥ 50

Exclusion criteria

• Current or history of use of illegal substances and gambling;
• Current or history of psychiatric or neurological illness;
• Current use of psychotropic medications.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Visual imagery tasks group

Experimental group

Description:

During the intervention, each participant of this group will be asked to create visual mental images.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Imagery tasks

Auditory imagery tasks group

Experimental group

Description:

During the intervention, each participant of this group will be asked to create auditory mental images.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Imagery tasks