How does parents' psychological distress relate to adolescents' problematic gaming? The roles of parent-adolescent relationship and adolescents' emotion regulation.
J Behav Addict
; 12(4): 953-963, 2023 Dec 22.
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ABSTRACT
Background and Aims:
Emerging research has identified parents' psychological distress as a potential risk factor that increases adolescents' vulnerability to problematic gaming. This study attempted to address "why" from a relational perspective. We hypothesized that parents' psychological distress may link to adolescents' problematic gaming through the mediation of parent-child relationship quality, while the mediating effects of parent-child relationship quality may vary depending on adolescents' emotion regulation.Methods:
We collected data from 4,835 parent-child dyads in China (parental age = 41.45 ± 4.53 years; adolescent age = 13.50 ± 1.00 years). Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was utilized to analyze the relationships among the variables under study.Results:
Parent-reported parental depression/anxiety was related to worse adolescent-reported parent-child relationship, which in turn related to more severe adolescent-reported problematic gaming. Moreover, the mediating effects of parent-child relationship quality were weaker when adolescents used more expressive suppression (but not cognitive reappraisal). Discussion andConclusions:
The findings of this study highlight the need to consider both parent-child relationships and adolescents' active role in their own emotion regulation in order to understand parental influence on adolescent problematic gaming.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Jogos de Vídeo
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Regulação Emocional
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Angústia Psicológica
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Behav Addict
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
China