Positive psychological intervention for anxiety, depression and coping in subjects addicted to online games

作     者：Xiu-Jun Gao Ji-Jun Sun Mei Xiang 

作者机构：Department of PsychiatryHangzhou Seventh People’s HospitalHangzhou 310013Zhejiang ProvinceChina Department of Elderly PsychiatryHangzhou Seventh People’s HospitalHangzhou 310013Zhejiang ProvinceChina 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Clinical Cases》 (世界临床病例杂志)

年 卷 期：2021年第9卷第14期

页      面：3287-3293页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100205[医学-精神病与精神卫生学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：Supported by The Medical and Health Science and Technology Foundation of Zhejiang No.2020363968 

主　　题：Online game addiction Positive psychology Anxiety Depression Coping style Psychological intervention 

摘      要：BACKGROUND Addiction to online games is not *** patients usually refuse to take medications and present with affective symptoms such as anxiety,depression and negative coping *** intervention based on positive psychology is a promising treatment for such *** To evaluate the effect of positive psychological intervention on anxiety,depression and coping in people addicted to online *** This self-controlled study included 89 people addicted to online games,who received treatment at Hangzhou Seventh People’s Hospital,Hangzhou,China in *** Hamilton Anxiety Scale,Hamilton Depression Scale and Trait Coping Style Questionnaire were administered to evaluate the anxiety,depression and coping style among these *** intervention based on positive psychology was provided for 6 wk followed by another *** results were compared against those from the previous *** After 6 wk of psychological intervention,89 people achieved a significant improvement in the Hamilton Anxiety Scale and Hamilton Depression Scale-24 *** score for positive coping style in Trait Coping Style Questionnaire was significantly improved,while that of the negative coping style decreased significantly(P0.05).CONCLUSION Psychological intervention based on positive psychology alleviated affective symptoms,such as anxiety and depression,in subjects addicted to online *** intervention corrected negative coping style,thereby improving mental health.