Social support as the mediator for the relationship between internet gaming disorder and psychological problems among university students.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: Pergamon Press Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 0376331 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1879-1379 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00223956 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Psychiatr Res Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: Oxford : Pergamon Press
    • Subject Terms:
      Video Games*/psychology ; Behavior, Addictive*/epidemiology ; Behavior, Addictive*/psychology; Male ; Humans ; Female ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Universities ; Internet Addiction Disorder/epidemiology ; Social Support ; Internet ; Students
    • Abstract:
      Background: There has been increasing recognition of internet gaming disorder as a psychiatric problem that is linked with serious impairment and distress and correlated with psychological reactions and social consequences. Thus, this study proposed that psychological problems (stress, anxiety, and depression) and social support could be associated with IGD and social support had a mediating role between these psychological problems and IGD among university students in Jordan.
      Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive correlational design was adopted. The university students (N = 1020) were selected randomly from four universities (two public and two private) in Jordan. A self-structured questionnaire was used to collect data using the Internet Gaming Disorder Test (IGD-20 Test), Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21 (DASS-21), Multidimensional Social Support Scale (MSPSS), and sociodemographic data.
      Findings: Findings of this study found that the mean age of the participants was 21.38 (S.D ± 2.12) and 55.9% of them were males The prevalence of internet gaming disorder was 12.16% among the participants, where the cut-off point for internet gaming disorder was 71 out of 100. Internet gaming disorder was significantly correlated with stress, anxiety, social support, and depression. However, stress, anxiety, and social support had a direct effect on internet gaming disorder, while social support had the strongest effect on internet gaming disorder. It was found that social support had a mediating role between anxiety and stress (β = -0.172, T-Statistics = 3.92, p < 0.001; β = -0.268, T-Statistics = 5.45, p < 0.001, respectively) and internet gaming disorder (p < 0.001).
      Conclusion: This study can help policymakers and instructors develop health education programs and/or health training programs that focus on using social support as a coping method when experiencing psychological problems including stress and anxiety and adopt social support in management programs for excessive use of internet gaming.
      Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Anxiety; Depression; Internet gaming disorder; Social support; Stress
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20230629 Date Completed: 20230719 Latest Revision: 20230720
    • Publication Date:
      20240829
    • Accession Number:
      10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.06.007
    • Accession Number:
      37385003