Commentary: Prediction of problem gambling by demographics, gaming behavior and psychological correlates among gacha gamers: A cross-sectional online survey in Chinese young adults

Leon Y. Xiao; Nick Ballou; Charlotte Eben

doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1576323

Commentary: Prediction of problem gambling by demographics, gaming behavior and psychological correlates among gacha gamers: A cross-sectional online survey in Chinese young adults

Leon Y. Xiao
, Nick Ballou
, Charlotte Eben

School of Creative Media

Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › Comment/debate › peer-review

Original language	English
Article number	1576323
Number of pages	5
Journal	Frontiers in Psychiatry
Volume	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1576323
Publication status	Published - 25 Aug 2025

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The author(s) declare that financial support was received for the research and/or publication of this article. LX is supported by a Presidential Assistant Professors Scheme Start-Up Research Grant awarded by the City University of Hong Kong [香港城市大學] (March 2025). CE is funded by a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action fellowship, the ‘GamblingEmotion’ Project No. 101150127, under the European Union’s Horizon Europe Programme (https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu).

Research Keywords

loot boxes
gacha
problem gambling
measurement schmeasurement
survey question design
scale construction and development

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Commentary: Prediction of problem gambling by demographics, gaming behavior and psychological correlates among gacha gamers: A cross-sectional online survey in Chinese young adults. / Xiao, Leon Y.; Ballou, Nick; Eben, Charlotte.
In: Frontiers in Psychiatry, Vol. 16, 1576323, 25.08.2025.

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