Internet Gaming Disorder in Early Adolescents: Gender and Depression Differences in a Latent Growth Model
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Measures
2.2.1. Internet Gaming Disorder
2.2.2. Depression
2.3. Data Analysis
2.4. Missing Data Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Preliminary Analysis
3.2. Trajectories of Internet Gaming Disorder in Early Adolescence
3.3. Relationship between Gender and Adolescents’ Developmental Trajectories
3.4. Time-Specific Effect of Depression Status on Adolescence’s Internet Gaming Disorder
3.5. Trajectories of Depression and Internet Gaming Disorder in Early Adolescence
4. Discussion
4.1. The Trajectory of Internet Gaming Disorder in Early Adolescents
4.2. Gender Prediction of Internet Gaming Disorders
4.3. Depression Predicts Internet Gaming Disorder
4.4. Research Significance
4.5. Limitations and Prospects
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables (N = 316) | M (SD) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
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1. Gender | 1 | |||||||||
2. Depression (sixth grade) | 15.75 (10.29) | 0.023 | 1 | |||||||
3. Depression (seventh grade) | 14.42 (10.73) | −0.63 | 0.605 *** | 1 | ||||||
4. Depression (eighth grade) | 18.63 (12.41) | −0.021 | 0.027 | 0.029 | 1 | |||||
5. Depression (ninth grade) | 17.98 (12.59) | −0.010 | 0.426 *** | 0.407 *** | 0.070 | 1 | ||||
6. Internet gaming disorder (sixth grade) | 20.51 (10.88) | 0.018 | 0.271 *** | 0.208 ** | −0.079 | 0.116 | 1 | |||
7. Internet gaming disorder (seventh grade) | 21.50 (10.99) | −0.052 | 0.215 ** | 0.351 *** | −0.083 | 0.150 * | 0.519 *** | 1 | ||
8. Internet gaming disorder (eighth grade) | 25.52 (13.11) | 0.129 * | −0.016 | −0.073 | 0.278 *** | 0.060 | −0.064 | 0.011 | 1 | |
9. Internet gaming disorder (ninth grade) | 24.87 (13.77) | −0.072 | 0.174 * | 0.210 ** | −0.108 | 0.273 ** | 0.207 ** | 0.497 *** | 0.036 | 1 |
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Wang, R.; Yang, S.; Yan, Y.; Tian, Y.; Wang, P. Internet Gaming Disorder in Early Adolescents: Gender and Depression Differences in a Latent Growth Model. Healthcare 2021, 9, 1188. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9091188
Wang R, Yang S, Yan Y, Tian Y, Wang P. Internet Gaming Disorder in Early Adolescents: Gender and Depression Differences in a Latent Growth Model. Healthcare. 2021; 9(9):1188. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9091188
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Rong, Shuqi Yang, Yun Yan, Yu Tian, and Peng Wang. 2021. "Internet Gaming Disorder in Early Adolescents: Gender and Depression Differences in a Latent Growth Model" Healthcare 9, no. 9: 1188. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9091188