Department of Psychology, College of Education and Sports Sciences, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China.
Yangtze University College of Technology and Engineering, Jingzhou, China.
Front Public Health. 2022 Feb 4;10:808264. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.808264. eCollection 2022.
From the perspective of positive youth development, developmental assets and self-control play critical roles in promoting adolescent development. However, their effects have not been evaluated in the current issue, internet gaming disorder (IGD). IGD is gradually becoming an important social problem among worldwide youth and has been included in the eleventh International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). Therefore, the present study was determined to investigate the relationship between developmental assets, self-control, and IGD. A two-wave longitudinal study, with each wave spanning half a year apart, was conducted in a sample of 1023 adolescents (aging from 11 to 15, 49.36% boys) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results of the moderated mediation model revealed that T1 developmental assets could predict less IGD at T2 directly or through T1 self-control indirectly. Furthermore, the moderating effect of gender was not significant in the mediation model. Overall, adolescents who experience more developmental assets are less likely to suffer IGD. Moreover, developmental assets are conducive to developing a higher level of self-control, which in turn contributes to preventing or intervening in IGD as well. Therefore, measures should be taken to construct developmental assets to prevent or reduce IGD during adolescence.
从积极青年发展的角度来看，发展资产和自我控制在促进青少年发展方面起着至关重要的作用。然而，在当前的问题中，即网络游戏障碍（IGD）中，尚未对其进行评估。IGD 逐渐成为全球青年中的一个重要社会问题，并已被纳入第十一次国际疾病分类（ICD-11）。因此，本研究旨在探讨发展资产、自我控制与 IGD 之间的关系。在 COVID-19 大流行期间，对 1023 名青少年（年龄在 11 至 15 岁之间，其中 49.36%为男生）进行了为期半年的两次纵向研究。调节中介模型的结果表明，T1 发展资产可以直接预测 T2 时较少的 IGD，也可以通过 T1 自我控制间接预测 T2 时较少的 IGD。此外，在中介模型中，性别调节作用不显著。总体而言，经历更多发展资产的青少年不太可能患有 IGD。此外，发展资产有助于培养更高水平的自我控制，从而有助于预防或干预 IGD。因此，应采取措施构建发展资产，以在青少年时期预防或减少 IGD。
