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The symptom network of internet gaming addiction, depression, and anxiety among children and adolescents
How symptoms of internet gaming addiction, depression, and anxiety are connected in children and teenagers
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Abstract
A of 1,548 Chinese children and adolescents identified tolerance, withdrawal, and conflict as core symptoms of .
- The core symptoms of internet gaming addiction (IGA) are tolerance, withdrawal, and conflict.
- No significant gender differences were found in the structure, global strength, or core symptoms of IGA.
- While the symptom network structure of IGA did not differ by age, global strength and some core symptoms, such as conflict, did show significant age-related differences.
- Core symptoms associated with the comorbidity of IGA, depression, and anxiety include feeling downhearted, breathing difficulty, lack of initiative, and withdrawal.
- The comorbidity network displayed no significant differences in structure by gender or age, but gender differences in global strength were noted.
- Significant gender and age differences were found in some core symptoms, indicating the need for tailored interventions.
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Key numbers
1548
Participants
Number of students who play internet games.
882 of 1548
Gender Proportion
Number of male participants in the study.
11.165
Global Strength in Males
Global strength of the comorbidity network in males.