ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Bullying Victimization and Problem Video Gaming: The Mediating Role of Externalizing and Internalizing Problems.
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- Developmental Trajectories of Problematic Gaming among Chinese Migrant Children: Predictors and School Adjustment Outcomes.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2026Article
- Associations of bullying victimization with problematic internet gaming and problematic social media use among adolescents: moderators and differences.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- The effect of bullying victimization trajectory on internet gaming disorder and the mediating role of impaired resilience: a three-wave cohort study among Chinese adolescents.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Psychopathology and Gaming Disorder in Adolescents.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Bullying and Cyberbullying Are Associated with Inappropriate Use of the Internet, Cell Phones, and Video Games in Children and Adolescents.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025Article
- The Role of Self-Esteem in Protecting Against Cyber-Victimization and Gaming Disorder Symptoms Among Adolescents: A Temporal Dynamics Analysis.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2024Article
- Cyberaggression and cybervictimisation in adolescents: Bibliometric analysis in web of science.Heliyon · 2024Review
- Biopsychosocial factors of gaming disorder: a systematic review employing screening tools with well-defined psychometric properties.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Review
- The association between violent video game exposure and sub-types of school bullying in Chinese adolescents.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundAdolescent victims of bullying are more likely to experience a range of mental health problems. Although research has investigated the relationship between bullying victimization and various addictive behaviors, the impact of bullying on problem video gaming (PVG) remains largely unexplored. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between bullying victimization and PVG as mediated by the presence of internalizing and externalizing problems.
methodsSurvey responses were collected from 6353 high-school students aged 12 to 18. Measures include bullying victimization (physical, verbal, cyber and indirect), internalizing (e.g., anxious and depressive symptoms) and externalizing (e.g., aggressive and delinquent problems) problems, and PVG (measured by the Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-Short Form).
resultsMediation analyses indicated that the relationship between verbal bullying and PVG was completely mediated by the presence of internalizing and externalizing problems. The relationship between physical bullying and PVG was completely mediated by externalizing problems and the relationship between cyberbullying and PVG was completely mediated by internalizing problems. Lastly, the relationship between indirect bullying and PVG was partially mediated by externalizing and internalizing problems.
conclusionsResults suggest that different types of bullying victimization are differentially associated with PVG, with mental health symptoms significantly mediating this relationship.
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