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Borges G, Benjet C, Orozco R, Albor Y, Contreras EV, Monroy-Velasco IR, Hernández-Uribe PC, Báez-Mansur PM, Covarrubias Diaz Couder MA, Quevedo-Chávez GE, Gutierrez-García RA, Machado N. Internet Gaming Disorder Does Not Predict Mood, Anxiety or Substance Use Disorders in University Students: A One-Year Follow-Up Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2023; 20:2063. [PMID: 36767430 PMCID: PMC9915849 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20032063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Revised: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
We seek to evaluate whether Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) among university students in Mexico during their first year at university predicts a long list of mental disorders a year later, controlling for baseline mental health disorders as well as demographics. This is a prospective cohort study with a one-year follow-up period conducted during the 2018-2019 academic year and followed up during the 2019-2020 academic year at six Mexican universities. Participants were first-year university students (n = 1741) who reported symptoms compatible with an IGD diagnosis at entry (baseline). Outcomes are seven mental disorders (mania, hypomania, and major depressive episodes; generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder; alcohol use disorder and drug use disorder), and three groups of mental disorders (mood, anxiety, and substance use disorders) at the end of the one-year follow-up. Fully adjusted models, that included baseline controls for groups of mental disorders, rendered all associations null. The association between baseline IGD and all disorders and groups of disorders at follow-up was close to one, suggesting a lack of longitudinal impact of IGD on mental disorders. Conflicting results from available longitudinal studies on the role of IGD in the development of mental disorders warrant further research.
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Affiliation(s)
- Guilherme Borges
- Center for Global Mental Health, National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Mexico City 14370, Mexico
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- Center for Global Mental Health, National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Mexico City 14370, Mexico
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- Center for Global Mental Health, National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Mexico City 14370, Mexico
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- Center for Global Mental Health, National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Mexico City 14370, Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias Administrativas y Sociales, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada 22860, Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Universidad De La Salle Bajío, Salamanca 36700, Mexico
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- Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, Ciudad Obregón 85059, Mexico
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