A network perspective on the relationship between gaming disorder, depression, alexithymia, boredom, and loneliness among a sample of Chinese university students

Li Li, Zhimin Niu, Mark D. Griffiths, Wen Wang, Chunying Chang and Songli Mei

Technology in Society, 2021, vol. 67, issue C

Abstract: Based on previous research, it was hypothesized that negative affect (e.g., depression, anxiety, and loneliness) and low level of emotion regulation (i.e., alexithymia) are risk factors for internet gaming disorder (IGD). Research utilizing a network analysis approach to psychopathology has increased rapidly, and is used to examine the pattern of interactions between causal factors of mental health disorders. Previous research has investigated the relationship between gaming disorder (GD), depression, alexithymia, boredom, and loneliness by pair-wise correlation and correlation of three or four variables. However, to date, network analysis has rarely been utilized to examine the relationship between the aforementioned multi-variables. Therefore, the present study used network analysis to examine the relationship between GD, depression, alexithymia, boredom, and loneliness among a sample of Chinese university students.

Keywords: Gaming disorder; Depression; Alexithymia; Boredom; Loneliness; Network analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2021.101740

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