Internet gaming disorder and problematic social media use in a representative sample of German adolescents: prevalence estimates, comorbid depressive symptoms and related psychosocial aspects

ConclusionClinically relevant depressive symptoms seem to occur not rarely in PSMU and IGD. We did not identify clearly different patterns of correlates for IGD and PSMU (except for gender). The overlapping confidence intervals of the parameter estimates for both behavior patterns indicate similar relationships between the investigated characteristics and IGD or PSMU.
Source: Computers in Human Behavior - Category: Information Technology Source Type: research