The role of internet gaming in the association between anxiety and depression: A preliminary cross-sectional study.

Vasileios StavropoulosJeremy VassalloTyrone Leonard BurleighRapson GomezMichelle Colder Carras

Published in: Asia-Pacific psychiatry : official journal of the Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists (2021)

Findings suggest a dual role of Internet gaming in the association between anxiety and depression, depending on the intensity of one's disordered gaming symptoms. Depression prevention and intervention protocols should be optimized by considering the effects of Internet gaming among anxious gamers by focusing on the intensity of a gamer's involvement and any gaming disorder symptoms. Further research should include clinical samples to better understand this interaction.

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health information
sleep quality
randomized controlled trial
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depressive symptoms