Background There has been a surge in interest in examining internet gaming disorder (IGD)
and its associations with gaming motivation. Three broad components of gaming motivation …

Internet gaming disorder (IGD) has been viewed by scholars as (a) a pathology that co-
occurs with psychological problems (comorbidity hypothesis),(b) maladaptive coping with …

Fake news have pervaded the social media landscape during the COVID-19 outbreak. To
further explore what contributed to fake news susceptibility of social media users, the …

Internet gaming disorder (IGD) and problematic smartphone use (PSU) symptoms are
associated with increased depression symptom severity across studies. The current study …

Internet addiction has been found to be prevalent worldwide, including Asian countries, and
related to several negative outcomes and other behavioral addictions. The Bergen Social …

Given that there is a lack of instruments assessing internet-related addictions among
Chinese population, this study aimed to validate the Chinese version of the nine-item …

In the past decade, various scales have been developed for measuring engagement with
social network sites (SNS), but validity concerns have recently been raised about some of …

This large-scale meta-analysis aimed to provide the most comprehensive synthesis to date
of the available evidence from the pre-COVID period on risk and protective factors for …

This study investigated the prevalence and interpersonal correlates of Internet gaming
disorders (IGD) among Chinese adolescents. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in two …

Background and aims Internet gaming disorder (IGD) has been mainly studied among
adolescents, and no research to date has examined its prevalence in general Chinese adult …