PMID- 36327218
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20221221
LR  - 20221221
IS  - 1932-6203 (Electronic)
IS  - 1932-6203 (Linking)
VI  - 17
IP  - 11
DP  - 2022
TI  - The relationship between positive youth development and internet gaming disorder 
      in Chinese adolescents: A moderated mediation model.
PG  - e0276174
LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0276174 [doi]
LID - e0276174
AB  - Internet gaming disorder (IGD) is a social problem that cannot be ignored. 
      Considerable research has shown that IGD can impede the healthy physical and 
      mental development of adolescents. Based on positive youth development theory and 
      stage-environment fit theory, the current study explored the mediating effect of 
      depression and the moderating effect of gender to determine the association 
      between positive youth development (PYD) and IGD. A sample of 1970 Chinese 
      adolescents aged 11-18 years (1021 boys, 940 girls, and 10 unidentifiable 
      individuals) completed questionnaires related to PYD, depression, IGD, and their 
      background information. The results revealed that PYD negatively predicted IGD. 
      After controlling for gender and age, this study found that depression mediated 
      the relationship between PYD and IGD. Furthermore, gender moderated the 
      relationship between depression and IGD. Boys with depressive symptoms were more 
      likely to indulge in IGD than girls. This research contributes to a more thorough 
      understanding of how PYD decreases the risk of IGD. These findings suggest that 
      cultivating PYD attributes is a promising approach to prevent or reduce 
      depression and IGD among adolescents in mainland China.
FAU - Gan, Xiong
AU  - Gan X
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5630-8085
AD  - Department of Psychology, College of Education and Sports Sciences, Yangtze 
      University, Jingzhou, China.
FAU - Qin, Ke-Nan
AU  - Qin KN
AD  - Department of Psychology, College of Education and Sports Sciences, Yangtze 
      University, Jingzhou, China.
FAU - Li, Min
AU  - Li M
AD  - Department of Psychology, College of Education and Sports Sciences, Yangtze 
      University, Jingzhou, China.
FAU - Li, Hao
AU  - Li H
AD  - Department of Psychology, College of Education and Sports Sciences, Yangtze 
      University, Jingzhou, China.
FAU - Jin, Xin
AU  - Jin X
AD  - Department of Psychology, College of Education and Sports Sciences, Yangtze 
      University College of Technology and Engineering, Jingzhou, China.
FAU - Yu, Cheng-Fu
AU  - Yu CF
AD  - Department of Psychology and Research Center of Adolescent Psychology and 
      Behavior, School of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20221103
PL  - United States
TA  - PLoS One
JT  - PloS one
JID - 101285081
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Asian People
MH  - *Behavior, Addictive/epidemiology/diagnosis
MH  - China/epidemiology
MH  - Internet
MH  - Internet Addiction Disorder
MH  - *Video Games
PMC - PMC9632815
COIS- The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
EDAT- 2022/11/04 06:00
MHDA- 2022/11/08 06:00
PMCR- 2022/11/03
CRDT- 2022/11/03 13:33
PHST- 2021/12/23 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/10/01 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/11/03 13:33 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/11/04 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/11/08 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/11/03 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - PONE-D-21-40395 [pii]
AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0276174 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - PLoS One. 2022 Nov 3;17(11):e0276174. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0276174. 
      eCollection 2022.