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EEG- and VR- derived affective computing in excessive internet gamers with social anxiety Pin-Yang Yeh (322350) Chun-Shu Wei (25142174) Cheuk-Kwan Sun (344932) Medicine Sociology Mental Health Internet gaming disorder excessive internet use convolutional neural networks affective computing electroencephalography arousal and valence <p>Excessive internet use may serve as an emotion regulation strategy. This retrospective cross-sectional study examined arousal and valence in students at high and low risk of internet gaming disorder (IGD) using a convolutional neural network (CNN)-based model applied to electroencephalographic (EEG) data. Sixty participants underwent virtual reality (VR)-based socioemotional stress and were classified into high-risk (HIGD) and low-risk (LIGD) groups based on IGD test scores. Depression, social anxiety, and emotion regulation were assessed using self-report questionnaires. Between-group differences were examined using parametric tests and linear mixed-effects models; associations between EEG-derived indices and self-report measures were evaluated using Spearman correlations with false discovery rate correction. The HIGD group reported significantly greater depression and social anxiety but comparable emotion regulation strategies. CNN-derived arousal and valence did not differ between groups across five conditions, including pre- and post-VR resting state and three scenarios (all <i>p</i> > .05). However, a significant group-by-time interaction in valence emerged during criticism of academic performance (<i>p</i> = .002). No correlations between EEG-derived indices and self-report measures remained significant across the five stages (all adjusted <i>p</i> ≥ .43). These findings suggest that IGD risk may be associated with a more negative valence trajectory during performance-related criticism rather than generalised differences in arousal or valence.</p> 2026-09-30T06:28:02Z Text Journal contribution 10.6084/m9.figshare.34030322.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/EEG-_and_VR-_derived_affective_computing_in_excessive_internet_gamers_with_social_anxiety/34030322 CC BY 4.0