Attention and Behavioral Problems as Mediators of Internet Gaming Disorder in Youth With Family Addiction History
This study of 2,586 adolescents (ages 11-19) examined how attention problems and externalizing behaviors mediate the relationship between parental addiction history and internet gaming disorder. Higher attention and externalizing problems were significantly associated with IGD, with mediation analysis confirming these symptoms partially explain how family addiction history increases gaming disorder risk in youth.