Deviant Peer Affiliation and Adolescents’ Online Gaming Addiction: The Mediating Effect of Maladaptive Cognitions

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
pp. 516-523
Author(s):  
Hu Jianping ◽  
Sun Yuhong
Keyword(s):  
Online Gaming ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Gaming Addiction ◽  
Deviant Peer Affiliation ◽  
Maladaptive Cognitions ◽  
Peer Affiliation

scholarly journals Relative Deprivation and Game Addiction in Left-Behind Children: A Moderated Mediation

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Banglin Yang ◽  
Ge Cai ◽  
Cancan Xiong ◽  
Jin Huang
Keyword(s):  
Relative Deprivation ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Deviant Peer Affiliation ◽  
Peer Affiliation ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Game Addiction ◽  
The Relationship

Previous findings show that relative deprivation has a profound influence on game addiction, but the potential mediating and moderating mechanisms are unclear, especially for left-behind children. The present study therefore examined the relationship between relative deprivation and game addiction, the mediating effect of deviant peer affiliation, and the moderating effect of beliefs about adversity in a sample of left-behind children. A total of 952 left-behind children (mean age = 13.67 years, SD = 1.34) participated in this study. The participants anonymously completed a battery of questionnaires, including the Relative Deprivation Scale, the Deviant Peer Affiliation Scale, the Beliefs about Adversity Scale, the Game Addiction Scale, and demographic variables. After controlling for gender, left-behind category, and socioeconomic status, the moderated mediation model showed that (a) relative deprivation significantly and positively predicted game addiction in left-behind children; (b) The mediation analysis showed that the positive association between relative deprivation and game addiction in left-behind children was mediated by deviant peer affiliation; (c) Beliefs about adversity moderated the association between relative deprivation and deviant peer affiliation and were weaker for left-behind children with higher levels of beliefs about adversity, consistent with the risk-buffering model, but the relationship between relative deprivation and game addiction was stronger for left-behind children with higher levels of beliefs about adversity, consistent with the reverse risk-buffering model. These findings have crucial implications for the prevention and intervention of game addiction in left-behind children.

scholarly journals Deviant Peer Affiliation and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury among Chinese Adolescents: Depression as a Mediator and Sensation Seeking as a Moderator

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (16) ◽  
pp. 8355
Author(s):  
Chang Wei ◽  
Jingjing Li ◽  
Chengfu Yu ◽  
Yanhan Chen ◽  
Shuangju Zhen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Chinese Adolescents ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Deviant Peers ◽  
Deviant Peer Affiliation ◽  
Social Development Model ◽  
Peer Affiliation ◽  
Self Injury ◽  
The Social

Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is an emerging health problem among adolescents. Although previous studies have shown that deviant peer affiliation is an important risk factor for this behavior, the reasons for this relationship are unclear. Based on the integrated theoretical model of the development and maintenance of NSSI and the social development model of delinquency prevention, this study tested whether depression mediated the relationship between deviant peer affiliation and NSSI and whether this mediating effect was moderated by sensation seeking. A sample of 854 Chinese adolescents (31.50% male; Mage = 16.35; SD = 1.15) anonymously completed questionnaires on the study variables. Results of regression-based analyses showed that depression mediated the association between deviant peer affiliation and NSSI, and this effect was stronger among adolescents who reported high sensation seeking. The results demonstrate the role of individual differences in the link between affiliation with deviant peers and NSSI, and have implications for preventing and treating this risky behavior.

Factors contributing to online gaming addiction: A cross-sectional survey among university students

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Voon Nyet Teng ◽  
Abdul Rahman Abdul Manaf ◽  
Mohommad Rezal Hamzah ◽  
Husna Afifi Mohd Yusoff ◽  
Huzili Hussin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Online Gaming ◽  
Gaming Addiction ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional
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