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ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2025

The longitudinal relationship between school climate and Internet gaming addiction among Chinese children: a moderated mediation model.

Chang Wei, Qian Xu

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Chang WeiSchool of Arts and Sciences, Guangzhou Maritime University, Guangzhou, China.
Qian XuCollege of Preschool Education, Guangzhou Preschool Teachers College, Guangzhou, China.

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Abstract

Introduction: School climate is associated with children's Internet gaming addiction; however, the mechanisms underlying this association have been largely unexplored. Based on the ecological systems theory, the social learning theory, and the diathesis-stress model, we examined the association between school climate and children's Internet gaming addiction, as well as the mediating role of deviant peer affiliation and the moderating role of sensation seeking in this relationship. Methods: The study involved 419 Chinese children participating in a two-wave longitudinal investigation conducted over the course of one year. Among the participants, 54.4% were boys and 45.6% were girls. The mean age of the participants at Wave 1 was 10.70 years (SD = 0.58). We used SPSS 27.0 to generate descriptive statistics and correlations. We adopted Model 4 of the PROCESS for SPSS to examine the mediation model. We used Model 14 of the PROCESS for SPSS to examine the moderated mediation models. Results: The results showed that school climate was negatively correlated with Internet gaming addiction among children one year later. Deviant peer affiliation mediated the pathway from school climate to Internet gaming addiction, and this mediating pathway was moderated by sensation seeking. Conclusion: These findings demonstrated the individual differences in the association between school climate and Internet gaming addiction, which has implications for the prevention of Internet gaming addiction among children.

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childrendeviant peer affiliationinternet gaming addictionschool climatesensation seeking

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