Childhood trauma and adolescent game addiction : the mediating effects of self-control

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the association between childhood trauma and game addiction in adolescents, as well as the mediating effect of self-control.

METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted using cluster random sampling. The participants were 2 664 adolescents from a senior high school in Henan Province. The research tools included a demographic data questionnaire, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form, Self-Control Scale, and Game Addiction Scale for Adolescents. The Bootstrap method was used to test the parallel mediating effect, with the five dimensions of self-control as mediators.

RESULTS: The prevalence of game addiction among the adolescents was 17.68% (471/2 664). There was a positive correlation between childhood trauma and game addiction scores (P<0.01), and a negative correlation between childhood trauma scores and each dimension of self-control (P<0.01). Moreover, all five dimensions of self-control were negatively correlated with game addiction scores (P<0.01) and acted as parallel mediators between childhood trauma and game addiction. The mediating effects of restraint from entertainment (accounting for 15.6% of the total effect) and resistance to temptation (accounting for 10.6% of the total effect) were stronger.

CONCLUSIONS: Childhood trauma may increase the risk of game addiction by impairing adolescents' self-control abilities. The reduction of childhood trauma can cultivate self-control in adolescents and prevent the occurrence of game addiction.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics - 25(2023), 9 vom: 18. Sept., Seite 976-981

Sprache:

Chinesisch

Weiterer Titel:

儿童期创伤与青少年游戏成瘾的关系:自我控制的中介作用

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhong, Ying-Yan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yu-Ting [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Ru-Meng [VerfasserIn]
Cong, En-Zhao [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Yi-Feng [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adolescent
Childhood trauma
English Abstract
Game addiction
Journal Article
Self-control

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Date Revised 03.11.2023

published: Print

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.7499/j.issn.1008-8830.2303114

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362153868