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Internet Gaming Disorder Does Not Predict Mood, Anxiety or Substance Use Disorders in University Students: A One-Year Follow-Up Study

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  • Guilherme Borges

    (Center for Global Mental Health, National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Mexico City 14370, Mexico)

  • Corina Benjet

    (Center for Global Mental Health, National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Mexico City 14370, Mexico)

  • Ricardo Orozco

    (Center for Global Mental Health, National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Mexico City 14370, Mexico)

  • Yesica Albor

    (Center for Global Mental Health, National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Mexico City 14370, Mexico)

  • Eunice V. Contreras

    (Facultad de Ciencias Administrativas y Sociales, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada 22860, Mexico)

  • Iris R. Monroy-Velasco

    (Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Saltillo 25125, Mexico)

  • Praxedis C. Hernández-Uribe

    (Secretaría de la Unidad Cuajimalpa, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City 14387, Mexico)

  • Patricia M. Báez-Mansur

    (Universidad La Salle Victoria, Ciudad Victoria, Mexico)

  • María A. Covarrubias Diaz Couder

    (Coordinación de Investigación, Universidad la Salle Noroeste, Ciudad Obregón 85019, Mexico)

  • Guillermo E. Quevedo-Chávez

    (Coordinación de Psicología, Universidad la Salle Cancún, Cancún 77560, Mexico)

  • Raúl A. Gutierrez-García

    (Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Universidad De La Salle Bajío, Salamanca 36700, Mexico)

  • Nydia Machado

    (Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, Ciudad Obregón 85059, Mexico)

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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  • Guilherme Borges & Corina Benjet & Ricardo Orozco & Yesica Albor & Eunice V. Contreras & Iris R. Monroy-Velasco & Praxedis C. Hernández-Uribe & Patricia M. Báez-Mansur & María A. Covarrubias Diaz Coud, 2023. "Internet Gaming Disorder Does Not Predict Mood, Anxiety or Substance Use Disorders in University Students: A One-Year Follow-Up Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(3), pages 1-8, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:3:p:2063-:d:1044624
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