AUTHOR=Rodríguez-Ruiz Francesc , Marí-Sanmillán María Isabel , Benito Ana , Castellano-García Francisca , Sánchez-Llorens Marta , Almodóvar-Fernández Isabel , Haro Gonzalo 

TITLE=Relationship of Gaming Disorder with parenting based on low affection-communication and personality trait of neuroticism in adolescents

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=14

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1147601

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1147601

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<sec><title>Background</title><p>Gaming Disorder is increasingly common in adolescents. We aimed to evaluate the relationship between parenting, personality traits, and Gaming Disorder.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>An observational and cross-sectional study in six secondary schools of Castelló, obtaining a final sample of 397 students.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Adolescents with Gaming Disorder had lower scores in Adolescent Affection-Communication (<italic>F</italic> = 8.201; <italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.001), Father’s Warmth (<italic>F</italic> = 3.459; <italic>p</italic> = 0.028), and Father’s Acceptance/Involvement (<italic>F</italic> = 5.467; <italic>p</italic> = 0.003), and higher scores in Mother’s Revoking Privileges (<italic>F</italic> = 4.277; <italic>p</italic> = 0.034) and Father’s Indifference (<italic>F</italic> = 7.868; <italic>p</italic> = 0.002) than healthy participants. Male sex was a risk factor for Gaming Disorder (OR = 12.221; <italic>p</italic> = 0.004), while Adolescent Affection-Communication (OR = 0.908; <italic>p</italic> = 0.001) and Agreeableness (OR = 0.903; <italic>p</italic> = 0.022) were protective factors. Data modeling described the protective effect that Adolescent Affection-Communication had on Gaming Disorder, which was both directly (<italic>B</italic> = -0.20; <italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.001) and indirectly mediated by Neuroticism (<italic>B</italic> = -0.20; <italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.001), while Neuroticism itself was a risk factor for Gaming Disorder (<italic>B</italic> = 0.50; <italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.001).</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>These results reflect that Parental style with low affection and communication was directly and indirectly related to the Gaming Disorder, as well as male sex and personality trait of Neuroticism.</p></sec>