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6th World Congress on
Mental Health, Psychiatry and Wellbeing
March 20-21, 2019 | New York, USA
ACRIP: Development
and Efficacy of
Acceptance and
Cognitive Restructuring
Intervention Program on
the symptoms of internet
gaming disorder and
psychological well-being
of adolescents
Georgekutty Kuriala Kochuchakkalackal
University of Santo Tomas,
Philippines
The internet has become an
integral almost indispensable
part of people’s daily life.
However, empirical studies
indicate that its prevalent use
among adolescents has negatively
influenced these young people.
In some cases, this resulted in
compulsive internet gaming or
internet gaming disorder which
lead to poor psychological
well-being. As gaming disorder
becomes a growing social
issue and a significant public
health concern affecting an
increasing number of countries,
the World Health Organization
has recently included it in the
latest International Classification
of Diseases and recognized
individuals with gaming disorder
as having a mental health
condition. The purpose of this
study was to develop and test
the feasibility and efficacy of an
intervention program that would
reduce the level of internet
gaming disorder, and improve
the psychological well-being of
adolescents. The development of
the program involved the use of
both quantitative and qualitative
research designs; internet
gaming disorder and Ryff’s
psychological well-being scales
to measure the level of gaming
disorder and psychological health
of adolescents; focus group
discussions and interviews to
acquire in-depth understanding
of the key issues; and integrated
the cognitive theoretical
models of Pathologic Internet
Use (PIU) and Mindfulness.
The program introduced the
concepts of self-awareness and
self-acceptance and focused
on altering negative cognitions.
The eight modular intervention
program was validated by 11
experts from various disciplines
and was positively received by
the participants. The pilot study
resulted in reduced internet
gaming disorder level and
improved psychological health
from the selected adolescents in
India.
Biography
Georgekutty Kuriala Kochuchakkalackal is
presently a member of the Manila Med Ethics
Review Committee, a Guidance Coordinator
for Foreign Students at the Emilio Aguinaldo
College and a guest priest at the Edsa Shrine,
Philippines. The author has published an
article on “Acculturation stress personality
traits as the predictors of psychological
well-being of Asian foreign students in Metro
Manila” in the Int’l Journal of Psychology
and Counselling (2013), is currently taking
his doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the
University of Sto. Tomas Phils. and working on
his thesis paper on internet gaming disorder
(IGD), recently recognized as a mental health
disorder by the World Health Organization.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EMERGENCYMENTAL HEALTH AND HUMAN RESILIENCE 2019, VOLUME 21
DOI: 10.4172/1522-4821-C2-029
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