ArticleJournal of behavioral addictions2023
The vicious cycle of family dysfunction and problematic gaming and the mediating role of self-concept clarity among early adolescents: A within-person analysis using random intercept cross-lagged panel modeling.
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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
- S-FAME: a low-threshold municipal social services intervention for digital media-related family difficulties in children aged 10-14 years: protocol for a randomized controlled trial.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Developmental Trajectories of Problematic Gaming among Chinese Migrant Children: Predictors and School Adjustment Outcomes.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2026Article
- Gaming disorder and compensation-based gaming motivations: A longitudinal study of emerging adults.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2026Article
- Core self-evaluation and learning burnout among first-year medical students: a three-wave longitudinal study on the mediating roles of anxiety-related distress and problematic digital media use.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- How do cumulative family risks influence the trajectory of problematic social media use among Chinese adolescents: A three-year longitudinal study.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Article
- The Developmental Trajectory and Influencing Factors of Self-Concept Clarity in Chinese Adolescents: A Latent Transition Analysis.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The temporal stability of problematic gaming and gaming disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Addictive behaviors reports · 2025Review
- The Reciprocal Relations between Parental Psychological Control and Social Anxiety and the Mediating Role of Self-Concept Clarity Among Chinese Early Adolescents.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2024Article
- Longitudinal Relationships Between School Climate, Academic Achievement, and Gaming Disorder Symptoms Among Chinese Adolescents.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2024Article
- Prevalence and Prediction of Video Gaming Addiction Among Saudi Adolescents, Using the Game Addiction Scale for Adolescents (GASA).Psychology research and behavior management · 2024Article
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Abstract
Backgrounds and aims: Family dysfunction is a significant risk factor for adolescent problematic gaming, yet few studies have investigated the bidirectional relations between changes in family dysfunction and adolescent problematic gaming and potential mediating mechanisms. This study thus examined the bidirectional relations between family dysfunction and adolescent problematic gaming and the mediating role of self-concept clarity within this relation. Methods: Participants included 4,731 Chinese early adolescents (44.9% girls; M age = 10.91 years, SD = 0.72) who were surveyed at four time points 6 months apart. Results: Random intercept cross-lagged panel modeling found (a) family dysfunction directly predicts increased problematic gaming, (b) adolescent problematic gaming directly predicts increased experience of family dysfunction, (c) family dysfunction indirectly predicts problematic gaming via self-concept clarity, and (d) adolescent problematic gaming indirectly predicts family dysfunction via self-concept clarity. Discussion and conclusions: The present study suggests that adolescents may be trapped in a vicious cycle between family dysfunction and problematic gaming either directly or indirectly through impairing their self-concept clarity. Findings indicate fostering youth self-concept clarity is essential to break the vicious circle between dysfunctional experiences in the family and problematic gaming among adolescents.
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