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Does “forced abstinence” from gaming lead to pornography use? Insight from the April 2018 crash of Fortnite’s servers

Published:2018-09 Issue:3 Volume:7 Page:501-502
ISSN:2062-5871
Container-title:Journal of Behavioral Addictions
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Short-container-title:J Behav Addict

Author:

Castro-Calvo Jesús¹,Ballester-Arnal Rafael²,Potenza Marc N.³,King Daniel L.⁴,Billieux Joël⁵

Affiliation:

1. Addictive and Compulsive Behaviours Lab, Institute for Health and Behaviour, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg Departamento de Psicología Básica, Clínica y Psicobiología, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain

2. Departamento de Psicología Básica, Clínica y Psicobiología, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain

3. Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience and Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USAConnecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, CT, USAConnecticut Council on Problem Gambling, Wethersfield, CT, USA

4. School of Psychology, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia

5. Addictive and Compulsive Behaviours Lab, Institute for Health and Behaviour, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, LuxembourgCentre for Excessive Gambling, Lausanne University Hospitals (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland

Abstract

In April 2018, the servers of the popular video game “Fortnite” crashed for 24 hr. During this period, Pornhub (a popular pornographic website) analyzed trends in pornography access, finding that: (a) the percentage of gamers accessing Pornhub increased by 10% and (b) the searches of pornographic videos using the key term “Fortnite” increased by 60%. In this letter, we discuss these observations in the context of ongoing debate regarding the validity of “withdrawal” when applied to problematic involvement in video gaming and the potential use of pornography as a “compensation behavior” during the periods of “forced abstinence” from gaming.

Publisher

Akademiai Kiado Zrt.

Subject

Psychiatry and Mental health,Clinical Psychology,General Medicine,Medicine (miscellaneous)

Link

https://akjournals.com/downloadpdf/journals/2006/7/3/article-p501.xml

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