Reciprocal Relationship Between Self-Control Belief and Gaming Disorder in Children and Adolescents: Longitudinal Survey Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children and adolescents are often at the crossroads of leisure gaming and excessive gaming. It is essential to identify the modifiable psychosocial factors influencing gaming disorder development. The lay theories of self-control (ie, the beliefs about whether self-control can be improved, also called self-control mindsets) may interplay with self-control and gaming disorder and serve as a promising influential factor for gaming disorder.

Objective

This study aims to answer the research questions "Does believing one's self-control is unchangeable predict more severe gaming disorder symptoms later?" and "Does the severity of gaming disorder symptoms prospectively predict self-control mindsets?" with a 1-year, 2-wave, school-based longitudinal survey.

Methods

SUBMITTER: Zhu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11769689 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature