The mediating effect of gaming motivation between psychiatric symptoms and problematic online gaming: an online survey.

Orsolya Király Róbert Urbán Mark D Griffiths Csilla Ágoston Katalin Nagygyörgy Gyöngyi Kökönyei Zsolt Demetrovics

Published in: Journal of medical Internet research (2015)

The results suggest that psychiatric distress is both directly and indirectly (via escape and competition motives) negatively associated with POG. Therefore, the exploration of psychiatric symptoms and gaming motives of POG can be helpful in the preparation of prevention and treatment programs.

Keyphrases

mental health
public health
sleep quality
social media
healthcare
combination therapy