How does mindfulness help tackle excessive gaming habits?

Not Applicable

Conditions: Health Condition 1: F638- Other impulse disorders

Registration Number: CTRI/2024/03/064689

Lead Sponsor: niversity Grants Commission – Junior Research Fellowship (UGC-JRF)

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: ot Yet Recruiting

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 0

Inclusion Criteria

Participants aged between 16-25 years.

All genders.

Self-reported difficulties / caregiver reported difficulties with controlling their gaming

behavior.

Stabilized on medication for the past four weeks for those who are receiving pharmacological interventions.

Participants who can read and write English and who can communicate in one of the following languages : English, Hindi, Telugu. Sessions will be offered in face to face format and audio/video based format will be offered optionally. Face to face sessions will be preferred over the internet based session and only 20% of the session will be offered in the online format (to reduce dropout rate).

Exclusion Criteria

A diagnosis of a severe mental illness such as severe depression, psychosis, suicidality, substance use (except nicotine) or any other clinical condition that makes participation in the study difficult.

Individuals with organic or neurological conditions with functional impairments whose condition will prevent them from participation in the study.

Participants who have received more than 3 sessions of individual psychotherapy in the last 3 months specifically targeting GD (This criterion ensures that the effectiveness of MiCBT intervention can be evaluated independently)

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
A score of 25 or more on the The Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-Short-Form (IGDS9-SF)Timepoint: Baseline, Weekly, Post intervention and Followup.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1.Visual Analog Scale (VAS) to measure level of craving before and after intervention. <br/ ><br>2.Clinical Global Impression Scale at pre-intervention, post-intervention and follow up time periods. <br/ ><br>3.Depression Anxiety Stress Scales – 21 items (DASS-21) at pre-intervention, post-intervention and follow up time periods. <br/ ><br>4.The World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale - Brief version (WHOQOL-BREF) at pre-intervention, post-intervention and follow up time periods. <br/ ><br>5.Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) pre-intervention, post-intervention and follow up time periods.Timepoint: Pre-intervention, Post-intervention and follow up time periods.