scholarly journals Low self-control and aggression exert serial mediation between inattention/hyperactivity problems and severity of internet gaming disorder features longitudinally among adolescents

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 401-409
Author(s):  
Hyunsuk Jeong ◽  
Hyeon Woo Yim ◽  
Seung-Yup Lee ◽  
Hae Kook Lee ◽  
Marc N. Potenza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Internet Gaming Disorder ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Gaming Disorder ◽  
Internet Gaming ◽  
Serial Mediation ◽  
Low Self Control

AbstractObjectivesWe examined serial mediating roles of low self-control and aggression in explaining relationships between levels of inattention and hyperactivity problems (IHPs) and severity of Internet gaming disorder (IGD) features when exposed to online games among adolescents without Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) stratified by gender using three-wave longitudinal study.MethodThe sample comprised a total of 1,732 family dyads from a study that was conducted among seventh graders without diagnoses of ADHD at baseline. Levels of IHPs were assessed by the parent reported Korean version of the ADHD rating scale at baseline (wave1). Severity of IGD features was assessed by the Internet Game Use-Elicited Symptom Screen (IGUESS) at wave3. Both levels of self-control (wave1) and aggression (wave2) were assessed by self-report. The mediating role of low self-control and aggression in the relationships between level of IHPs and severity of IGD were evaluated using serial mediation analysis separately for each gender.ResultsLevels of IHPs were related directly to severity of IGD features in both genders. The indirect effects via low self-control were also significant in both genders, however, the indirect effects via aggression was significant only in women. The serial mediation effect via low self-control and aggression between levels of IHPs and IGD features was significant in both genders (men, coefficient:0.009, 95%CI 0.005–0.019; women, coefficient:0.010, 95%CI:0.005–0.026).ConclusionWe revealed a possible mechanism underlying a serial mediation chain from low self-control to aggression explaining the effects of IHPs on severity of IGD features. However, this conclusion should be taken with a caution, because the effect sizes were very low.

scholarly journals Estimated Prevalence of Unreported IGD Cases in Routine Outpatient Children and Adolescent Psychotherapy

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (13) ◽  
pp. 6787
Author(s):  
Sonja Kewitz ◽  
Eva Vonderlin ◽  
Lutz Wartberg ◽  
Katajun Lindenberg
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Internet Gaming Disorder ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Clinical Population ◽  
Gaming Disorder ◽  
Parental Report ◽  
Outpatient Psychotherapy ◽  
Old Patients ◽  
Internet Gaming ◽  
Icd 10

Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) has been included in the DSM-5 as a diagnosis for further study, and Gaming Disorder as a new diagnosis in the ICD-11. Nonetheless, little is known about the clinical prevalence of IGD in children and adolescents. Additionally, it is unclear if patients with IGD are already identified in routine psychotherapy, using the ICD-10 diagnosis F 63.8 (recommended classification of IGD in ICD-10). This study investigated N = 358 children and adolescents (self and parental rating) of an outpatient psychotherapy centre in Germany using the Video Game Dependency Scale. According to self-report 4.0% of the 11- to 17-year-old patients met criteria for a tentative IGD diagnosis and 14.0% according to the parental report. Of the 5- to 10-year-old patients, 4.1% were diagnosed with tentative IGD according to parental report. Patients meeting IGD criteria were most frequently diagnosed with hyperkinetic disorders, followed by anxiety disorders, F 63.8, conduct disorders, mood disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorders (descending order) as primary clinical diagnoses. Consequently, this study indicates that a significant amount of the clinical population presents IGD. Meaning, appropriate diagnostics should be included in routine psychological diagnostics in order to avoid “hidden” cases of IGD in the future.

scholarly journals Impact of Internet Gaming Disorder on Self-Appraisal Among University Students: Moderating Role of Gender

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 451-471
Author(s):  
Amna Rasheed ◽  
Sadaf Ahsan ◽  
Sadaf Zaheer
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Internet Gaming Disorder ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Gaming Disorder ◽  
Internet Gaming ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The objective of the current study was to assess the impact of internet gaming disorder on self-appraisal. Moreover, role of gender as a moderator on the relationship between internet gaming disorder and self-appraisal among university students was also explored. A sample of 300 students was collected through purposive sampling technique, from different universities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. The participant’s age range was 18-28 years. Self-report measures i.e., Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-short form (Pontes & Griffiths, 2015) and Core Self Evaluation Scale (Judge, Erez, Bono, & Thoresen, 2003) were administered. Results yielded that internet gaming disorder negatively predicted self-appraisal among university students. Moreover, gender worked as a significant moderator on the relationship between internet gaming disorder and self-appraisal. The independent sample t-test showed that males reported a higher level of internet gaming disorder as compared to females. Males showed less self-appraisal as compared to females. This study will help to identify the effects of internet gaming disorder on self-appraisal among university students. Furthermore, intervention plans can also be developed for students by decreasing their gaming activity and increasing their self-appraisal and bringing them back to their normal life.

scholarly journals Internet Gaming Disorder in Adolescence: Investigating Profiles and Associated Risk Factors

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirna Macur ◽  
Halley M Pontes
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Video Games ◽  
Linear Regression ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Internet Gaming Disorder ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Gaming Disorder ◽  
Internet Gaming

Abstract Background: Since electronic gaming is particularly appealing to children and adolescents, they may be at greater risk for developing Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD). This study aimed to explore the characteristics of adolescents at risk of developing IGD because it is a relatively new disorder included in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in 2013. Harmful consequences of disordered gaming have also been recognized by the World Health Organization that recently included ‘Gaming Disorder’ in the eleventh revision of the International Classification of Diseases. Additionally, this study also sought to encourage preventative initiatives in adolescence, when most addictions develop. Methods: A quantitative and nationally representative study was conducted in primary schools in Slovenia with eighth grade as the primary sampling unit (N = 1,071, Meanage = 13,44 years, SDage = 0.59). Psychometric test measuring IGD was administered to identify participants’ IGD risk and to compare ‘high risk’ and ‘low risk’ students in relation to free time activities, self-control, and parent-child relationship. T–test for independent samples was computed and multiple linear regression analysis performed to identify the most relevant predictors of IGD.Results: About 4.7% (n = 48) [95% CI: 3.4%-6.0%] of Slovenian adolescents were found to be at high risk of developing IGD. These were mostly boys (n = 42, 87.5%), and their preferred leisure activities involved more screen time activities (e.g., watching TV, playing video games, using social media). Moreover, high risk IGD participants showed significantly lower levels of self-control compared to low risk IGD participants and poorer understanding with their parents. Perceived satisfaction with life and mental health did not differ significantly between the two groups. Multiple linear regression analysis revealed five key predictors of IGD in adolescents: time spent gaming at weekends (ß = 0.27), male gender (ß = 0.20), low self-control (ß = -0.19), time spend gaming from Monday to Friday (ß = 0.11) and gaming as a frequent free time activity (ß = 0.11).Conclusion: Public health measures should target adolescents at risk of developing IGD in early age, because they are particularly drawn to video games and present greater IGD vulnerability.

scholarly journals A partial mediation effect of father-child attachment and self-esteem between parental marital conflict and subsequent features of internet gaming disorder in children: a 12-month follow-up study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyunsuk Jeong ◽  
Hyeon Woo Yim ◽  
Seung-Yup Lee ◽  
Hae Koo Lee ◽  
Marc N Potenza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Marital Conflict ◽  
Internet Gaming Disorder ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Gaming Disorder ◽  
Internet Gaming ◽  
Child Attachment

Abstract ObjectivesThis study evaluated whether parent-child attachment and self-esteem may mediate the relationship between parental marital conflict and increases in features of internet gaming disorder (IGD) in children at one year.MethodThe baseline and one-year follow-up data for 268 pre-teens aged between 9 and 10 from the iCURE study were collected. The students were children at low risk for IGD in the initial self-reported assessment, anyone living with both parents, current game user at baseline, and those who completed a 12-month follow-up assessment. The Internet Game Use-Elicited Symptom Screen (IGUESS) was used to identify increases in IGD features at 12 months. To examine a potential mediation effect, structural equation modeling was performed.ResultsThe direct effect was statistically significant, and parental marital conflict at baseline significantly predicted the increases in IGD features in children at the 12-month follow-up after adjusting for gender, sex, socioeconomic status, and baseline IGUESS score (ß=0.206, P=0.003). The indirect effect showed that attachment to fathers through self-esteem was a significant mediating effect (ß=0.078, P=0.045). Parental marital conflicts were associated with increases in IGD features in children through poor father-child attachment, and in turn, the lower levels of self-esteem in the children.ConclusionParents, especially fathers, should make an effort to bond with their children to reduce the risk of their children’s developing the IGD features.

scholarly journals A partial mediation effect of father-child attachment and self-esteem between parental marital conflict and subsequent features of internet gaming disorder in children: a 12-month follow-up study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyunsuk Jeong ◽  
Hyeon Woo Yim ◽  
Seung-Yup Lee ◽  
Hae Koo Lee ◽  
Marc N Potenza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Marital Conflict ◽  
Internet Gaming Disorder ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Gaming Disorder ◽  
Internet Gaming ◽  
Child Attachment ◽  
One Year

Abstract Background This study evaluated whether parent-child attachment and self-esteem may mediate the relationship between parental marital conflict and increases in features of internet gaming disorder (IGD) in children at one year. Methods The baseline and one-year follow-up data for 268 pre-teens aged between 9 and 10 from the Internet User Cohort for Unbiased Recognition of Gaming Disorder in Early Adolescence (iCURE) study were collected. The students were children at low risk for IGD in the initial self-reported assessment, anyone living with both parents, current game user at baseline, and those who completed a 12-month follow-up assessment. The Internet Game Use-Elicited Symptom Screen (IGUESS) was used to identify increases in IGD features at 12 months. To examine a potential mediation effect, structural equation modeling was performed. Results The direct effect was statistically significant, and parental marital conflict at baseline significantly predicted the increases in IGD features in children at the 12-month follow-up after adjusting for gender, sex, socioeconomic status, and baseline IGUESS score (ß=0.206, P=0.003). The indirect effect showed that attachment to fathers through self-esteem was a significant mediating effect (ß=0.078, P=0.045). Parental marital conflicts were associated with increases in IGD features in children through poor father-child attachment, and in turn, the lower levels of self-esteem in the children. Conclusions Parents, especially fathers, should make an effort to bond with their children to reduce the risk of their children’s developing the IGD features.

scholarly journals Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Resilience as a Protective Factor in Patients with Internet Gaming Disorder: A Resting-State EEG Coherence Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji-Yoon Lee ◽  
Jung-Seok Choi ◽  
Jun Soo Kwon
Keyword(s):  
Resting State ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Right Hemisphere ◽  
Internet Gaming Disorder ◽  
Eeg Coherence ◽  
Gaming Disorder ◽  
Internet Gaming ◽  
The Right ◽  
Eeg Features

Background: Resilience, an important protective factor against Internet gaming disorder (IGD), is the ability to recover from negative emotional experiences and constitutes a flexible adaptation to stress. Despite the importance of resilience in predicting IGD, little is known about the relationships between resilience and the neurophysiological features of IGD patients. Methods: We investigated these relationships using resting-state electroencephalography (EEG) coherence, by comparing IGD patients (n = 35) to healthy controls (n = 36). To identify the resilience-related EEG features, the IGD patients were divided into two groups based on the 50th percentile score on the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale: IGD with low resilience (n = 16) and IGD with high resilience (n = 19). We analyzed differences in EEG coherence among groups for each fast frequency band. The conditional indirect effects of resilience were examined on the relationships between IGD and resilience-related EEG features through clinical symptoms. Results: IGD patients with low resilience had higher alpha coherence in the right hemisphere. Particularly, resilience moderated the indirect effects of IGD on alpha coherence in the right hemisphere through depressive symptoms and stress level. Conclusion: These neurophysiological findings regarding the mechanisms underlying resilience may help to establish effective preventive measures against IGD.

scholarly journals Measuring Internet Gaming Disorder and Gaming Disorder: Qualitative Content Validity Analysis of Validated Scales

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veli-Matti Karhulahti ◽  
Marcel Martončik ◽  
Matus Adamkovic
Keyword(s):  
Content Validity ◽  
Internet Gaming Disorder ◽  
Semantic Content ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Gaming Disorder ◽  
Related Disorder ◽  
Dsm 5 ◽  
Internet Gaming ◽  
Survey Instruments ◽  
Practical Recommendations

Since 2013 when the DSM-5 manual was published, numerous scholars around the world have developed new self-report instruments for measuring internet gaming disorder or later a gaming disorder. However, each of these instruments utilizes different operationalizations of its criteria, making the pursue for a unified gaming-related disorder measure difficult to achieve. The main aim of the study was to assess how well do the items of the currently applied screening instruments operationalize the criteria as proposed in the diagnostic manuals. The article presents a semantic content validity review of the English items employed by 17 instruments that claim to measure either internet gaming disorder (DSM-5) or gaming disorder (ICD-11) by their official criteria. In all but one instrument the operationalizations of items did not fully adhere to the criteria as stated in the manuals. Besides providing examples and explanations of (non)adherence of items to the diagnostic manuals, the article presents new practical recommendations that researchers studying (internet) gaming disorder could take into account in order to improve the content validity of their survey instruments. The field of gaming disorder could greatly benefit from a more unified approach to measurement.

scholarly journals Adolescent Internet Gaming Disorder: A Narrative Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-11
Author(s):  
Tiffany Field
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Peer Relationships ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Internet Gaming Disorder ◽  
Parent Report ◽  
Narrative Review ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Gaming Disorder ◽  
Internet Gaming ◽  
Potential Risk Factors

This narrative review is based on a literature search on PsycINFO and PubMed that involved entering the terms adolescent internet gaming for papers published during the last five years. Following exclusion criteria, 72 papers could be classified as internet gaming or internet gaming disorder/addiction studies including research on the prevalence, effects/comorbidities, risk factors and interventions for those problems. The prevalence of both internet gaming and internet gaming disorder has varied by culture. The effects/comorbidities have included hyperactivity, inattentiveness, cyberbullying, depression, anxiety and substance use. The risk factor studies have focused on impulsivity, sensation-seeking, and aggressivity. Altered autonomic and central nervous system function have also been notable including decreased heart rate variability and fMRI data showing less activation of the prefrontal cortex, ventral striatum and amygdala (areas that are involved in modulating impulsivity, reward-seeking and aggression respectively) as well as reduced gray and white matter. Surprisingly, given the prevalence and severity of internet gaming disorder, very little prevention/intervention research appears in this recent literature. Research is also missing on peer relationships/rejection as potential risk factors. Like other literature on adolescent problems, this research is limited by primarily deriving from self–report and parent report and by the absence of longitudinal data that might inform whether the behavioral and brain data being reported are effects of or risk factors for internet gaming addiction.

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