ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2022
Anxiety, Depression, and Stress Are Associated With Internet Gaming Disorder During COVID-19: Fear of Missing Out as a Mediator.
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- A two-decade bibliometric analysis (2004-2024) of parental factors in the context of internet gaming disorder research.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Examining the transdiagnostic role of coping motives and experiential avoidance in the relationship between generalized anxiety disorder and addictive behaviours.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2026Article
- Longitudinal Associations Among Academic Burnout, Fear of Missing Out, and Smartphone Use Addiction in Chinese University Students: A Two-Wave Study.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Fear of Missing Out and Problematic Social Media Use Among Chinese University Students: Latent Profiles and Two-Wave Network Comparisons.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Psychometric properties of the Arabic Internet Gaming Disorder Scale (IGDS9-SF) and a brief anger screener.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Exploring the dynamics of fear of missing out in primary school students: examining predictors and outcomes through latent transition analysis.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Internalizing and externalizing pathways to internet gaming disorder: the roles of anger and social anxiety.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- The tolerance-related psychology and dynamic activity in the peripheral nervous system of Internet gaming disorder during playing online games.Biomedical engineering online · 2025Article
- Investigating the Effectiveness of a Virtual-Reality-Based Mindfulness Intervention on Internet Gaming Disorder.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Social Media Use and Fear of Missing out: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study in Junior High Students from Western Mexico.Pediatric reports · 2024Article
- Attentional bias to social media stimuli is moderated by fear of missing out among problematic social media users.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2024Article
- Nature Connectedness Reduces Internet Gaming Disorder: The Chain Mediating Role of Intolerance of Uncertainty and Desire Thinking.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- COVID-19-Related Social Isolation, Self-Control, and Internet Gaming Disorder Among Chinese University Students: Cross-Sectional Survey.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Fear of Missing Out Syndrome and its Impact on Sleep Quality in Medical Students: A Cross-sectional Study.Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2024Article
- Stress and suicide risk among adolescents: the role of problematic internet use, gaming disorder and emotional regulation.BMC public health · 2024Article
- The relationship between fear of missing out and mobile phone addiction among college students: the mediating role of depression and the moderating role of loneliness.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- AI Technology panic-is AI Dependence Bad for Mental Health? A Cross-Lagged Panel Model and the Mediating Roles of Motivations for AI Use Among Adolescents.Psychology research and behavior management · 2024Article
- Problematic Gaming during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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- Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on internet gaming disorder among general population: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundMany teenagers suffered negative emotional states, especially anxiety and depression, during the COVID-19 outbreak, and most teenagers choose Internet games to cope with negative emotion. Previous evidence indicated that fear of missing out is related with anxiety and depression in teenagers with Internet gaming disorder, but it is unclear how fear of missing out influences depression, anxiety, or stress.
methodsBased on an I-PACE model, using Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale (DASS-21), Fear of Missing Out Scale, and Internet Gaming Addiction Scale, and 324 middle school students as participants, this study explored the mediating effect of fear of missing out on depression, anxiety, or stress and Internet gaming disorder.
resultsThe results showed that depression and stress are significantly related to Internet gaming disorder through the partial mediating of fear of missing out. Anxiety is not significantly related to Internet gaming disorder through the full mediating of fear of missing out, and anxiety and stress have a greater predictive effect on Internet gaming disorder through fear of missing out. Results also demonstrated that students who play Honor of Kings or Player Unknown's Battlegrounds have more risk to develop Internet gaming disorder.
conclusionsThe results indicated that fear of missing out as a mediator regulates the relationship among depression, anxiety, and stress and Internet game disorder. Specifically, under the mediation of fear of missing out, teenagers with anxiety are more likely to develop Internet gaming disorder, while teenagers with depression or stress might be prone to other types of Internet use disorders.
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