Association of internet gaming disorder with impulsivity: role of risk preferences

BMC Psychiatry

Research

Linlin Mu¹  Jing Zhao¹  Dengxian Yang¹  Wenjuan Wang¹  Yuqiong Zhu¹  Shuxuan Li¹  Yulian Jiang¹  Lin Zhu¹  Yuting Wang¹  Xian Mei² 

[1] School of Mental Health, Bengbu Medical College, 233030, Bengbu, Anhui, China;School of Qian Xuesen College, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 710049, Xi’an, Shanxi, China;

关键词: Internet gaming disorder;    Impulsivity;    Risk preferences;    College students;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12888-023-05265-y

 received in 2023-08-09, accepted in 2023-10-09,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundInternet gaming disorder (IGD) is a formal mental disorder leading to personal and social impairment. Although it shares similar physical and psychosocial effects to substance use disorder, the psychological mechanisms underlying IGD remain unclear, although several researches have made significant contributions to its understanding. This study aims to elucidate the correlation between IGD, impulsive personality and risk preference of medical college students in China, from a questionnaire-based investigation.MethodsBased on the cluster random sampling method, a questionnaire survey was conducted among medical college students in Northern Anhui, China from September 3 to October 27, 2020. The questionnaires included the Internet Gaming Disorder Scale (IGD-20), Chinese revised of Barratt Impulsiveness Scale Version 11 (BIS-11), and risk appetite index (RPI). Perform independent sample t-tests, analysis of variance (ANOVA), correlation analysis, and moderating effect analysis using SPSS 23.0. P < 0. 05 is considered statistically significant.Results624 participants completed the survey, including 257 males (41.19%) and 367 females (58.81%). All participants were between 18 and 24 years. We found that in IGD and its six different dimensions and RPI, males scored significantly higher than females. Additionally, our finding revealed there is statistical significance in IGD and impulsiveness between gaming group with game time greater than or equal to 4 h and non-gaming group. The IGD and its six different dimensions, among which all except for mood modification are positively correlated with impulsiveness and RPI. Mediating effects indicate that RPI plays a partial mediating role between motor impulsiveness and IGD.ConclusionThe findings shows that there is a certain relationship between impulsivity and RPI, as well as IGD and its dimensions. RPI may be a mediator between impulsivity and IGD, and men have higher IGD. The findings supported the compensatory hypothesis. These findings may contribute to further research and development of intervention and prevention measures for IGD.

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