Online Gaming Behavior And Psychosocial Well-Being In Greek Adolescents

Abstract

Online gaming is an appealing and popular activity among adolescents. However, several studies have shown that excessive engagement is related to psychosocial problems. The present study is based on data from the EU NET ADB project and examined the association between problematic online gaming and psychosocial wellbeing in a Greek school-student's sample. Problematic online gaming is classified in the DSM-5 as Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) and was measured with the Assessment of Internet and Computer game Addiction Scale -Gaming Module (AICA-S-gaming). Negative aspects of psychosocial well-being were operationally defined as a combination of behavioral, affective and cognitive problems and were assessed through the Youth Self-Report (YSR) scale. The results indicate that IGD has a significant impact on the externalizing and internalizing dimensions of the YSR scale and particularly in the subscales anxious-depressed, withdrawndepressed, social problems, thought problems, somatic complaints, rule-breaking behavior and aggressive behavior. Limitations and applications of the study are discussed.

The Mediating Role of Gaming Disorder in the Effect of Narcissism on Happiness in Children

“…It was found that happiness level was negatively associated with the gaming disorder level. When the literature was examined, it was seen that similar results were obtained [54][55][56]59,[61][62][63][64][65][66]. Happiness is associated with meeting an individual's need for approval in life.…”

“…The studies determined a positive relationship between technology addiction-related gaming disorder and narcissism [15][16][17][18]53]. Moreover, some studies found a negative relationship between gaming disorder and happiness [54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66]. In contrast, some found a positive relationship between gaming disorder and happiness levels [67].…”

The online game addiction, psychology and interpersonal relationship of the engineering students

“…The third criteria is psychology. Online game addiction is a Millenials' psychosocial problem, including students [18]. Children who have quality friendships have a low risk of game addiction, while children who have social anxiety and loneliness fall to the high-risk game addiction [19].…”

Risk factors and outcomes of internet gaming disorder identified in Korean prospective adolescent cohort study

“…Previous studies have shown IGD to be associated with loneliness ( Wang, Sheng, & Wang, 2019 ), anxiety ( Wang et al., 2017 ), depression ( Wang, Cho, & Kim, 2018 ), lower academic achievement ( Hawi, Samaha, & Griffiths, 2018 ), conduct problem ( Brunborg, Mentzoni, & Frøyland, 2014 ), sleep difficulties ( Wong et al., 2020 ), and lower psychosocial well-being ( Pappa, Apergi, Ventouratou, Janikian, & Beratis, 2016 ). Decreased physical activity ( Henchoz et al., 2016 ) and physical symptoms, such as pain in the wrist joints, were also found to be significantly associated with IGD ( Gentile, 2009 ).…”

“…To achieve this goal, it is necessary to distinguish between the risk factors that cause IGD and the outcomes of IGD. However, most previous studies including those mentioned above on the association between IGD, sleep, physical activity, and physical symptoms have been based on cross-sectional designs ( Cankurtaran et al., 2022 ; Gentile, 2009 ; Henchoz et al., 2016 ; Lee et al., 2019 ; Mukhra et al., 2019 ; Pappa et al., 2016 ; Wong et al., 2020 ). Therefore, it provides insufficient evidence for temporal relationships and to infer causal relationships.…”