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The directionality of anxiety and gaming disorder: An exploratory analysis of longitudinal data from an Australian youth population
Gaming activities among adolescents have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing with it a growing concern for the potential harms of excessive gaming and its risk factors. Anxiety is frequently linked with gaming disorder, but studies investigating this association were mostly cross-sectio...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9672463/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36405898 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1043490 |
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author | Kim, Seungyeon Champion, Katrina E. Gardner, Lauren A. Teesson, Maree Newton, Nicola C. Gainsbury, Sally M. |
author_facet | Kim, Seungyeon Champion, Katrina E. Gardner, Lauren A. Teesson, Maree Newton, Nicola C. Gainsbury, Sally M. |
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description | Gaming activities among adolescents have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing with it a growing concern for the potential harms of excessive gaming and its risk factors. Anxiety is frequently linked with gaming disorder, but studies investigating this association were mostly cross-sectional in design. Longitudinal studies that explore risk factors associated with gaming disorder are sparse and the trajectories of gaming disorder remain unclear. To address this paucity, the present study analyzed a large longitudinal dataset with a 12-month follow-up of 4,968 Australian adolescents (ages 13–14) during the pandemic. Logistic regression and multiple regression analyses were conducted to investigate the temporal relationships between anxiety, gaming frequency, the amount of money spent within video games, and gaming disorder. Prevalence rates for gaming disorder in adolescents aged 13 and 14 were 15 and 16%, respectively. The regression models indicated a bidirectional relationship between anxiety and gaming disorder symptoms, where higher levels of anxiety were associated with higher levels of gaming disorder 12 months later and vice versa. The study also found that the interaction between anxiety and higher gaming frequency could predict gaming disorder symptoms. Overall, the findings suggest that young adolescents may be more vulnerable to developing gaming disorder and highlight the importance of addressing the interactions between risk factors and gaming disorder in treatment approaches. |
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spelling | pubmed-96724632022-11-19 The directionality of anxiety and gaming disorder: An exploratory analysis of longitudinal data from an Australian youth population Kim, Seungyeon Champion, Katrina E. Gardner, Lauren A. Teesson, Maree Newton, Nicola C. Gainsbury, Sally M. Front Psychiatry Psychiatry Gaming activities among adolescents have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing with it a growing concern for the potential harms of excessive gaming and its risk factors. Anxiety is frequently linked with gaming disorder, but studies investigating this association were mostly cross-sectional in design. Longitudinal studies that explore risk factors associated with gaming disorder are sparse and the trajectories of gaming disorder remain unclear. To address this paucity, the present study analyzed a large longitudinal dataset with a 12-month follow-up of 4,968 Australian adolescents (ages 13–14) during the pandemic. Logistic regression and multiple regression analyses were conducted to investigate the temporal relationships between anxiety, gaming frequency, the amount of money spent within video games, and gaming disorder. Prevalence rates for gaming disorder in adolescents aged 13 and 14 were 15 and 16%, respectively. The regression models indicated a bidirectional relationship between anxiety and gaming disorder symptoms, where higher levels of anxiety were associated with higher levels of gaming disorder 12 months later and vice versa. The study also found that the interaction between anxiety and higher gaming frequency could predict gaming disorder symptoms. Overall, the findings suggest that young adolescents may be more vulnerable to developing gaming disorder and highlight the importance of addressing the interactions between risk factors and gaming disorder in treatment approaches. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9672463/ /pubmed/36405898 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1043490 Text en Copyright © 2022 Kim, Champion, Gardner, Teesson, Newton and Gainsbury. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychiatry Kim, Seungyeon Champion, Katrina E. Gardner, Lauren A. Teesson, Maree Newton, Nicola C. Gainsbury, Sally M. The directionality of anxiety and gaming disorder: An exploratory analysis of longitudinal data from an Australian youth population |
title | The directionality of anxiety and gaming disorder: An exploratory analysis of longitudinal data from an Australian youth population |
title_full | The directionality of anxiety and gaming disorder: An exploratory analysis of longitudinal data from an Australian youth population |
title_fullStr | The directionality of anxiety and gaming disorder: An exploratory analysis of longitudinal data from an Australian youth population |
title_full_unstemmed | The directionality of anxiety and gaming disorder: An exploratory analysis of longitudinal data from an Australian youth population |
title_short | The directionality of anxiety and gaming disorder: An exploratory analysis of longitudinal data from an Australian youth population |
title_sort | directionality of anxiety and gaming disorder: an exploratory analysis of longitudinal data from an australian youth population |
topic | Psychiatry |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9672463/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36405898 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1043490 |
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