Video Game Playing, Attention Problems, and Impulsiveness: Evidence of Bidirectional Causality

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Internet Gaming Addiction in Adolescence: Risk Factors and Maladjustment Correlates (2018, background): “However, some researchers hypothesize that the correlation found between gaming addiction and the abovementioned outcomes could be in fact reciprocal (Gentile et al. 2012).”
The Relationship Between Media Multitasking and Attention Problems in Adolescents: Results of Two Longitudinal Studies (2017, background): “…studies on more general e ﬀ ects of media use have found e ﬀ ects on attention problems using a variety of di ﬀ erent time lags, ranging from 3 months (Swing, Gentile, Anderson, & Walsh, 2010) to 1 year (Gentile, Swing, Lim, & Khoo, 2012) or even 2 years (Stevens, Barnard ‐ Brak, & To, 2009).”
Value Creation in the Video Game Industry: Industry Economics, Consumer Benefits, and Research Opportunities (2013, background): “In an extensive meta-analysis, Anderson et al. (2010) provide evidence for the robustness of findings that relate violent games to aggressive behavior, cognition, and affect, as well as reduced empathy and prosocial behavior. These effects appear to be only marginally moderated by cultural differenc”