Psychosocial factors mediating the relationship between childhood emotional trauma and internet gaming disorder: a pilot study

Kırcaburun, Kağan; Griffiths, Mark D.; Billieux, Joël

doi:10.1080/20008198.2018.1565031

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“…There are a handful of studies that report the prevalence of IGD, however, this research is inconsistent, with the prevalence varying from 1.2% to 46% (Kircaburun, Griffiths, & Billieux, 2019;Lemmens, Valkenburg, & Gentile, 2015;Muller et al, 2015;Rehbein, Kliem, Baier, Mossle, & Petry, 2015;Wan & Chiou, 2006). Studies have also identified factors associated with IGD/problematic Internet use, which include depression, anxiety and childhood trauma (Kircaburun et al, 2019;Sarda et al, 2016;Yates, Gregor, & Haviland, 2012). Individuals with disorders such as depression and anxiety were reported to be at a higher risk of developing problematic gaming (Kircaburun et al, 2019).…”

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“…Studies have also identified factors associated with IGD/problematic Internet use, which include depression, anxiety and childhood trauma (Kircaburun et al, 2019;Sarda et al, 2016;Yates, Gregor, & Haviland, 2012). Individuals with disorders such as depression and anxiety were reported to be at a higher risk of developing problematic gaming (Kircaburun et al, 2019). Furthermore, Sarda et al (2016) reported that IGD was significantly associated with depression and anxiety.…”

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The relationship between childhood trauma and Internet gaming disorder among college students: A structural equation model

Shi

Wang

et al. 2020

Journal of Behavioral Addictions

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Background The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanisms of Internet gaming disorder (IGD) and the associated interaction effects of childhood trauma, depression and anxiety in college students. Methods Participants were enrolled full-time as freshmen at a University in the Hunan province, China. All participants reported their socio-demographic characteristics and undertook a standardized assessment on childhood trauma, anxiety, depression and IGD. The effect of childhood trauma on university students' internet gaming behaviour mediated by anxiety and depression was analysed using structural equation modelling (SEM) using R 3.6.1. Results In total, 922 freshmen participated in the study, with an approximately even male-to-female ratio. A mediation model with anxiety and depression as the mediators between childhood trauma and internet gaming behaviour allowing anxiety and depression to be correlated was tested using SEM. The SEM analysis revealed that a standardised total effect of childhood trauma on Internet gaming was 0.18, (Z = 5.60, 95% CI [0.02, 0.05], P < 0.001), with the direct effects of childhood trauma on Internet gaming being 0.11 (Z = 3.41, 95% CI [0.01, 0.03], P = 0.001), and the indirect effects being 0.02 (Z = 2.32, 95% CI [0.00, 0.01], P = 0.020) in the pathway of childhood trauma-depression-internet gaming; and 0.05 (Z = 3.67, 95% CI [0.00, 0.02], P < 0.001) in the pathway of childhood trauma-anxiety-Internet gaming. In addition, the two mediators anxiety and depression were significantly correlated (r = 0.50, Z = 13.54, 95% CI [3.50, 5.05], P < 0.001). Conclusions The study revealed that childhood trauma had a significant impact on adolescents' Internet gaming behaviours among college students. Anxiety and depression both significantly mediated the relationship between childhood trauma and internet gaming and augmented its negative influence. Discussion of the need to understand the subtypes of childhood traumatic experience in relationship to addictive behaviours is included.

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The relationship between childhood trauma and Internet gaming disorder among college students: A structural equation model

Shi

Wang

et al. 2020

Journal of Behavioral Addictions

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“…Internet addiction also played a mediating role in the relationship between childhood trauma and suicidal ideation. Childhood trauma and its subtypes, such as emotional, physical and sexual abuse, were reported as factors associated with Internet addiction or Internet gaming disorders in different populations (Dalbudak et al ., 2014; Schimmenti et al ., 2014; Kircaburun et al ., 2019; Shi et al ., 2020). Internet use could be a more popular coping strategy to avoid concentrating on experiences of trauma or bullying and stressful life events or to elevate mood (Park et al ., 2013; Shi et al ., 2020).…”

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“…Childhood trauma has been established as the principal predictor of lifetime DSM-IV disorders (Kessler et al ., 2010; Kircaburun et al ., 2019), and evidence has successively suggested that the likelihood of suicidal ideation among students increased as the probability of childhood trauma experienced increased (Jeon et al ., 2009; Clements-Nolle et al ., 2018). For instance, a longitudinal study in the USA found that the accumulation of adverse childhood experiences increased the odds of suicidal ideation in adulthood (Thompson et al ., 2019).…”

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Childhood trauma and suicidal ideation among Chinese university students: the mediating effect of Internet addiction and school bullying victimisation

Jian

Dong

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Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci

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Aims The factors associated with suicidal ideation among adolescents have been extensively characterised, but the mechanisms underlying the complexities of the relationship between experiences of childhood trauma and suicidal ideation have been less studied. This study examined the direct effect of childhood trauma on suicidal ideation on the one hand and whether school bullying victimisation and Internet addiction mediate the association between childhood trauma and suicidal ideation on the other hand. Methods This school-based mental health survey was carried out in Qinghai Province in Northwest China in December 2019. We employed standardised questionnaires to collect sociodemographic and target mental health outcomes. Hierarchical multiple logistic regression and structural equation modelling were performed for the data analyses. Results This study included 5864 university students. The prevalence of lifetime suicidal ideation and Internet addiction were 34.7% and 21.4%, respectively. Overall, 16.4% and 11.4% of participants reported experiences of childhood trauma and school bullying victimisation, respectively. There were direct effects of childhood trauma, school bullying victimisation and Internet addiction on suicidal ideation. The total effect of childhood trauma on suicidal ideation was 0.201 (p < 0.001). School bullying victimisation and Internet addiction mediated the relationship between childhood trauma and suicidal ideation. Internet addiction played a mediating role between school bullying and suicidal ideation. Conclusions Childhood trauma had both direct and indirect effects on suicidal ideation; these effects were mediated by school bullying victimisation and Internet addiction in Chinese university students. Elucidating these relationships will therefore be useful in developing and implementing more targeted interventions and strategies to improve the mental well-being of Chinese university students.

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“…Studies report the symptom severity of GD to be associated with increased perceived stress [78][79][80][81][82][83] and emotional trauma or maltreatment during childhood [84,85]. Furthermore, Canale et al [79] could show that stress was positively correlated with hours of game play per week.…”

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Gaming Disorder: How to Translate Behavioral Neuroscience Into Public Health Advances

Antons

Müller

Liebherr

et al. 2020

Curr Behav Neurosci Rep

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Purpose of Review Gaming disorder (GD), meanwhile classified as a mental disorder in both DSM-5 and ICD-11, is a current public health issue. Theoretical models assume core psychological processes, such as cue reactivity, craving, reward processing, decision-making, cognitive biases, inhibitory control, and stress relief, to be crucially involved in the development and maintenance of GD. This review summarizes neuroscientific findings on these processes in the context of GD as well as treatments and intervention programs addressing these processes. Recent Findings We identified overlaps regarding the involvement of neural structures and networks related to psychological processes which may be targeted by public health programs. Complex interactions between executive control, salience, reward, and habit networks are crucially linked to processes involved in GD and public health programs respectively. Summary We point at the difficulties of making one to one assignments of neural networks to psychological processes or interventions. Furthermore, new treatment and prevention programs of GD are discussed pointing at possible future directions for neuroscientific research and treatment programs for GD.

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Psychosocial factors mediating the relationship between childhood emotional trauma and internet gaming disorder: a pilot study

Cited by 61 publications

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The relationship between childhood trauma and Internet gaming disorder among college students: A structural equation model

The relationship between childhood trauma and Internet gaming disorder among college students: A structural equation model

Childhood trauma and suicidal ideation among Chinese university students: the mediating effect of Internet addiction and school bullying victimisation

Gaming Disorder: How to Translate Behavioral Neuroscience Into Public Health Advances

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