Peer rejection and internet gaming disorder: the mediating role of relative deprivation and the moderating role of grit
BackgroundInternet Gaming Disorder (IGD) is a new behavioral addiction. A large number of empirical studies have shown that Internet Gaming Disorder has a high level of comorbidity with other diseases, including depression, anxiety, obesity, internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems, howev...
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| description | BackgroundInternet Gaming Disorder (IGD) is a new behavioral addiction. A large number of empirical studies have shown that Internet Gaming Disorder has a high level of comorbidity with other diseases, including depression, anxiety, obesity, internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems, however, little is known about the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying this relation. The current study adopted a three-time longitudinal study investing the mediating effect of relative deprivation on the association between peer rejection and IGD, and whether this mediating effect was moderated by the grit.MethodsA total of 1,065 students in China anonymously completed three-time longitudinal study questionnaires. The average age was 10.19 years (SD = 0.75) and the interval between measurements was 6 months.PROCESS for SPSS proposed by Hayes was used to test a moderated mediation model, with gender, age as covariates.ResultsT1 peer rejection positively predicted T3 Internet Gaming Disorder. Relative deprivation at T2 plays a complete mediating role between peer rejection at T1 and Internet gaming disorder at T3. At the same time, it was found that the personality trait of T3 grit plays a moderating role in the relationship between T2 relative deprivation and T3 Internet gaming disorder. This suggests that peer rejection is an important predictor of Internet Gaming Disorder, and that individuals with high levels of grit are less likely to become addicted to Internet games even if they experience relative deprivation.LimitationsMeasures of study variables were self-reported. Affected by factors such as social desirability, the research results may be biased.ConclusionThese findings emphasize relative deprivation as a potential mechanism linking peer rejection IGD. Grit was an important protective factor to weaken this indirect effect. Intervention programs aimed at reducing IGD may benefit from the current research. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8846531e856f4b31bce8ea6d09d0b0702025-01-15T15:19:45ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782025-01-011510.3389/fpsyg.2024.14156661415666Peer rejection and internet gaming disorder: the mediating role of relative deprivation and the moderating role of gritJingjing Li0Chang Wei1Jiachen Lu2School of Health Management, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, ChinaGuangzhou Maritime College, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Education, Research Center of Rural Education and Cultural Development of the Key Research Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences in Hubei Province, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning, ChinaBackgroundInternet Gaming Disorder (IGD) is a new behavioral addiction. A large number of empirical studies have shown that Internet Gaming Disorder has a high level of comorbidity with other diseases, including depression, anxiety, obesity, internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems, however, little is known about the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying this relation. The current study adopted a three-time longitudinal study investing the mediating effect of relative deprivation on the association between peer rejection and IGD, and whether this mediating effect was moderated by the grit.MethodsA total of 1,065 students in China anonymously completed three-time longitudinal study questionnaires. The average age was 10.19 years (SD = 0.75) and the interval between measurements was 6 months.PROCESS for SPSS proposed by Hayes was used to test a moderated mediation model, with gender, age as covariates.ResultsT1 peer rejection positively predicted T3 Internet Gaming Disorder. Relative deprivation at T2 plays a complete mediating role between peer rejection at T1 and Internet gaming disorder at T3. At the same time, it was found that the personality trait of T3 grit plays a moderating role in the relationship between T2 relative deprivation and T3 Internet gaming disorder. This suggests that peer rejection is an important predictor of Internet Gaming Disorder, and that individuals with high levels of grit are less likely to become addicted to Internet games even if they experience relative deprivation.LimitationsMeasures of study variables were self-reported. Affected by factors such as social desirability, the research results may be biased.ConclusionThese findings emphasize relative deprivation as a potential mechanism linking peer rejection IGD. Grit was an important protective factor to weaken this indirect effect. Intervention programs aimed at reducing IGD may benefit from the current research.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1415666/fullinternet gaming disorderrelative deprivationpeer rejectiongritaddiction |
| spellingShingle | Jingjing Li Chang Wei Jiachen Lu Peer rejection and internet gaming disorder: the mediating role of relative deprivation and the moderating role of grit Frontiers in Psychology internet gaming disorder relative deprivation peer rejection grit addiction |
| title | Peer rejection and internet gaming disorder: the mediating role of relative deprivation and the moderating role of grit |
| title_full | Peer rejection and internet gaming disorder: the mediating role of relative deprivation and the moderating role of grit |
| title_fullStr | Peer rejection and internet gaming disorder: the mediating role of relative deprivation and the moderating role of grit |
| title_full_unstemmed | Peer rejection and internet gaming disorder: the mediating role of relative deprivation and the moderating role of grit |
| title_short | Peer rejection and internet gaming disorder: the mediating role of relative deprivation and the moderating role of grit |
| title_sort | peer rejection and internet gaming disorder the mediating role of relative deprivation and the moderating role of grit |
| topic | internet gaming disorder relative deprivation peer rejection grit addiction |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1415666/full |
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