Prevalence and associated factors of internet gaming disorder among secondary school students in rural community, Thailand: a cross-sectional study.

Pawan TaechoyotinPuttipun TongrodTanawat ThaweerungruangkulNitchapat TowattananonPitch TeekapakvisitChanapon AksornpusitpongWichapa SathapornpunyaNutchar HempataweeRam RangsinMathirut MungthinPhunlerd Piyaraj

Published in: BMC research notes (2020)

5.4% of the 5497 subjects were positive for IGD. The associated factors found were male gender (odds ratio (OR) = 1.4), not living with both parents (OR = 1.75), use of online dating (OR = 1.53), being bullied at school (OR = 1.51), depression (OR = 1.92), anxiety (OR = 1.62) and stress (OR = 3.57) after being adjusted for age, family composition, failure of an exam, limit of internet use, use of online dating, bully perpetration, bully victimization, cyber bully perpetration, cyber bully victimization, suicidal ideation, use of alcohol, depression, anxiety, and stress.

Keyphrases

intimate partner violence
health information
sleep quality
mental health
physical activity
social media
depressive symptoms
risk factors
healthcare
high school
south africa
stress induced
heat stress