Gaming, religiosity and mental health among Georgian students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The dramatic rise in high-speed internet access and smartphone usage has made multiplayer online gaming increasingly prevalent among young adults. While moderate gaming can confer cognitive benefits, excessive gaming is linked to sleep disruption, addiction, and a spectrum of adverse mental health outcomes-including depression, anxiety, stress, and impaired academic performance. In 2018, the World Health Organization formally recognized Gaming Disorder (GD) as an addictive mental health condition, before that Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) had been added to DSM-5 in 2013. Despite growing concern, data remain scarce on IGD's prevalence and psychological correlates in Georgian university students. This study therefore assessed the relationship between IGD, gaming duration,

SUBMITTER: Chakhunashvili K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12545947 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature