Fathers, Conflicts, and Consolation: Longitudinal Associations Between Parent-Child Relationships and Adolescent Internet Gaming Disorder Symptoms.

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Τίτλος: Fathers, Conflicts, and Consolation: Longitudinal Associations Between Parent-Child Relationships and Adolescent Internet Gaming Disorder Symptoms.
Συγγραφείς: Yang Q; Research Center of Mental Health Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Tiansheng Road No.2, Chongqing, 400715, China., Nie Q; School of Journalism and Communication, Publishing Research Institute, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China., Teng Z; Research Center of Mental Health Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Tiansheng Road No.2, Chongqing, 400715, China. tengzj@swu.edu.cn.
Πηγή: Journal of youth and adolescence [J Youth Adolesc] 2026 Oct; Vol. 55 (10), pp. 2648-2662. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Sep 08.
Τύπος έκδοσης: Journal Article
Γλώσσα: English
Στοιχεία περιοδικού: Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0333507 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1573-6601 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00472891 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Youth Adolesc Subsets: MEDLINE
Imprint Name(s): Publication: 1999- : New York, NY : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Original Publication: New York, Plenum Press.
Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): Internet Addiction Disorder*/psychology , Adolescent Behavior*/psychology , Video Games*/psychology , Behavior, Addictive*/psychology , Fathers*/psychology , Parent-Child Relations* , Father-Child Relations*, Humans ; Female ; Adolescent ; Male ; Longitudinal Studies ; Child ; China ; Internet
Περίληψη: Symptoms of Internet gaming disorder are an important developmental concern during adolescence, but their longitudinal associations with parent-adolescent relationships remain unclear. Guided by a transactional developmental perspective, this two-year longitudinal study examined bidirectional associations between mother-adolescent and father-adolescent relationship quality and adolescent Internet gaming disorder symptoms. Participants were 3364 Chinese adolescents (51.0% girls; Mage = 14.15 years, SD = 1.56; age range = 11-17 years) and their parents. Random-intercept cross-lagged panel models showed that, at the between-person level, higher levels of parent-reported closeness in parent-adolescent relationships was associated with lower levels of adolescent Internet gaming disorder symptoms, whereas greater conflict was associated with higher symptom levels. At the within-person level, reciprocal associations emerged only between father-adolescent conflict and adolescent Internet gaming disorder symptoms, and both associations being positive. However, these associations were small in magnitude and attenuated after adjusting for covariates. No significant gender differences emerged in these longitudinal associations. Overall, the findings suggest that associations between parent-adolescent relationships and adolescent symptoms of Internet gaming disorder primarily reflect stable between-person differences, whereas short-term reciprocal processes are limited and emerge mainly in the context of father-adolescent conflict. This study highlights the importance of distinguishing between-person and within-person processes and indicates that parent-adolescent relationship quality represents an important developmental context associated with adolescent Internet gaming disorder symptoms.
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Competing Interests: Declaration. Declaration of Generative AI and AI-Assisted Technologies in the Writing Process.: During the preparation of this work, the authors used ChatGPT for English language editing, including language polishing and grammatical correction. ChatGPT was not used to generate scientific content, analyze data, or develop interpretations. The authors carefully reviewed and revised all AI-assisted outputs and take full responsibility for the accuracy, integrity, and content of the published work. Ethical Approval: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The study was approved by the Research Project Ethical Review Application Form, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University (IRB protocol number: H19008). Informed Consent: Parental consent and adolescent assent were obtained from all participants included in the study. Conflict of Interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
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Grant Information: No. 32300887 Natural Science Foundation of China
Contributed Indexing: Keywords: Father–adolescent relationships; Internet gaming disorder symptoms; Mother–adolescent relationships; Random-intercept cross-lagged panel model
Entry Date(s): Date Created: 20260908 Date Completed: 20261001 Latest Revision: 20261008
Update Code: 20261008
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-026-02404-y
PMID: 42709374
Βάση Δεδομένων: MEDLINE
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ISSN:1573-6601
DOI:10.1007/s10964-026-02404-y