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September 10, 2025Communications PsychologyOpen Access

Problematic online gaming mediates the association between attention-deficit/hyperactivity and subsequent mental health issues in adolescents

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ZNZui NaritaNational Center of Neurology and PsychiatryJDJordan DeVylderTokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical ScienceGKGemma KnowlesKing's College London

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Implication

Theoretical analysis shows problematic online gaming mediates mental health issues in adolescents, suggesting intervention potential.

Key Points

  • High levels of problematic online gaming significantly elevate risks of mental health issues in adolescents, with depression and anxiety affected the most.
  • Adjusted risk difference indicates that problematic online gaming is tied to a 7.8% increase in incident depression and nearly 6% in psychotic experiences.
  • The analysis employed causal mediation methods ensuring temporal accuracy, adjusting for confounders in the large adolescent cohort dataset.
  • These findings point to problematic online gaming as a modifiable factor that could be targeted in interventions to improve mental health.

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Narita et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1afd354b1d3bfb60e7fb9https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-025-00296-5
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