Jeroen Lemmens obtained his doctorate in November 2010 at the Amsterdam School of Communication Research with his dissertation on the causes and consequences of pathological gaming. During his time as a PhD-student, he investigated the psychosocial antecedents and consequences of online computer game addiction among adolescents. The project consisted of (a) the creation of a reliable and valid survey instrument to measure computer and video game addiction; (b) an investigation of the relationship between game addiction, impulse control, and attentional bias; (c) a longitudinal study of the psychosocial causes and consequences of game addiction among adolescents, and (d) a longitudinal study on the effects of pathological gaming on aggressive behavior.

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