@article{ref1,
title="Internet gaming disorder does not predict mood, anxiety or substance use disorders in university students: a one-year follow-up study",
journal="International journal of environmental research and public health",
year="2023",
author="Borges, Guilherme and Benjet, Corina and Orozco, Ricardo and Albor, Yesica and Contreras, Eunice V. and Monroy-Velasco, Iris R. and Hernández-Uribe, Praxedis C. and Báez-Mansur, Patricia M. and Covarrubias Diaz Couder, María A. and Quevedo-Chávez, Guillermo E. and Gutiérrez-García, Raúl A. and Machado, Nydia",
volume="20",
number="3",
pages="e2063-e2063",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-7827",
doi="10.3390/ijerph20032063",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032063"
}