Online gaming in relation to negative consequences and ill-health among adolescents

" Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. " Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Influences of motives to play and time spent gaming on the negative consequences of adolescent online computer gaming. Motives for playing and online gaming time in relation to depression, musculoskeletal symptoms and psychosomatic symptoms: a population-based cross-sectional study of Swedish adolescents. Submitted Reprints were made with permission from Computers in Human Behavior. Abbreviations and glossary CI Confidence interval DALYs Disability-adjusted life years DSM-IV Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition DSRS Depression Self-Rating Scale GAMING Playing on video or computer games GAMBLING Gaming with monetary reward features HPA Hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal IRL In real life LEVEL The virtual world that exists within a game, often including different tracks or levels. To proceed in a game, a player " levels up " by moving up to the next level after finishing the level below.