Problematic gaming risk among European adolescents: a cross-national evaluation of individual and socio-economic factors.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Previous research has identified numerous risk and protective factors of adolescent problematic gaming (PG) at the individual and social levels; however, the influence of socio-economic indicators on PG is less known. This study aimed to measure the contribution of individual and socio-economic factors involved in PG risk among adolescents from 30 European countries.

Design

Multi-level logistic regression analysis of survey data from the 2019 European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) cross-sectional study using self-administered anonymous questionnaires.

Setting

Thirty European countries.

Participants

A representative cohort of 15-16-year-old students (n = 88 998 students; males = 49.2%).

Measurements

The prima

SUBMITTER: Colasante E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9544763 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature