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ArticleAddiction (Abingdon, England)2022

Problematic gaming risk among European adolescents: a cross-national evaluation of individual and socio-economic factors.

Emanuela Colasante, Erika Pivetta, Natale Canale, Alessio Vieno, Claudia Marino, Michela Lenzi, Elisa Benedetti, Daniel L King, Sabrina Molinaro

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Article in Addiction (Abingdon, England), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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Emanuela ColasanteEpidemiology and Health Research Laboratory, Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council of Italy, Pisa, Italy.
Erika PivettaDepartment of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Natale CanaleDepartment of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6032-0490
Alessio VienoDepartment of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4417-4822
Claudia MarinoDepartment of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Michela LenziDepartment of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Elisa BenedettiEpidemiology and Health Research Laboratory, Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council of Italy, Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7345-3962
Daniel L KingCollege of Education, Psychology, and Social Work, Flinders University, Bedford Park, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1762-2581
Sabrina MolinaroEpidemiology and Health Research Laboratory, Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council of Italy, Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7221-0873
University of Padua · ITIstituto di Fisiologia Clinica · ITFlinders University · AU

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Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

aimsPrevious research has identified numerous risk and protective factors of adolescent problematic gaming (PG) at the individual and social levels; however, the influence of socio-economic indicators on PG is less known. This study aimed to measure the contribution of individual and socio-economic factors involved in PG risk among adolescents from 30 European countries.

designMulti-level logistic regression analysis of survey data from the 2019 European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) cross-sectional study using self-administered anonymous questionnaires.

settingThirty European countries.

participantsA representative cohort of 15-16-year-old students (n = 88 998 students; males = 49.2%). MEASUREMENTS: The primary outcome measure was adolescents' (low and high) risk of PG. Individual key predictors included self-report assessments of socio-demographic characteristics, time spent gaming and family variables (parental regulation and monitoring, family support). Main country-level predictors comprised Gini coefficient for economic inequalities and benefits for families and children (% gross domestic product), retrieved from international public data sets and national thematic reports. The data analysis plan involved multi-level logistic regression.

findingsParticipants who reported stronger parental regulation [odds ratio (OR) = 0.81, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.79-0.83] and higher family support (OR = 0.93, 95% CI = 0.91-0.95) reported lower risk of PG. At the country-level, economic inequalities (OR = 1.05, 95% CI = 1.03-1.07) were positively associated with the risk of PG, while benefits for families and children (OR = 0.78, 95% CI = 0.70-0.89) were negatively correlated with the risk of PG.

conclusionsSupportive family environments, lower country-level economic inequalities and higher government expenditures on benefits for families and children appear to be associated with a lower risk of problematic gaming among European adolescents.

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Adolescent BehaviorVideo GamesAdolescentChildCross-Sectional StudiesEconomic FactorsEuropeHumansMaleSocioeconomic FactorsAdolescenceESPADmulti-level analysisproblematic gamingrepresentative samplingrisk factors

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