Computer Gaming Disorder and ADHD in Young Children—a Population-Based Study.

As new mass media has become a common activity already in nursery school, this study aimed to analyze computer game playing, addiction, and ADHD in a representative population-based sample of young children. Parents filled out a standardized questionnaire including items for ADHD, media use, and com...

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Published in:International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction Vol. 16; no. 5; pp. 1193 - 1208
Main Authors: Paulus, Frank W., Sinzig, Jenny, Mayer, Hannah, Weber, Monika, von Gontard, Alexander
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Published: Springer Nature Oct2018
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          Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Saarland University Hospital, 66421, Homburg, Germany
          Institute for Community Health, 66740, Saarlouis, Germany
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        Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
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        ADHD
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      ab: As new mass media has become a common activity already in nursery school, this study aimed to analyze computer game playing, addiction, and ADHD in a representative population-based sample of young children. Parents filled out a standardized questionnaire including items for ADHD, media use, and computer gaming disorder. The response rate was 83.2% (N = 1271). The mean age was 5.8 years (SD 0.38). Boys play computer games more often and longer than girls. In consequence, boys were rated more often to be at risk or to have a computer gaming disorder than girls. Children with elevated ADHD scores showed significantly higher computer gaming disorder scores. Clinically relevant inattention scores were associated with longer and more computer gaming. In a multiple regression analysis, problem game playing was best explained by a combination of frequency, gender, inattention, and hyperactivity-impulsivity score (p < .001; R = .305).
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