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• Chinese Study Links Academic Burnout to Internet Gaming Disorder via Depression and Negative Attentional Bias

  Published: Apr 30, 2026

  Section: Mental Health

  Researchers from Shandong Second Medical University have identified a psychological "chain reaction" that drives Chinese adolescents toward excessive online gaming. The large-scale...

• Children’s Hospital Of Philadelphia Links Negative Parenting Behaviors To Gaming Disorder In Young Children With ADHD

  Published: Apr 24, 2026

  Section: Mental Health

  New research involving children aged 5 to 12 reveals that negative parenting styles, such as frequent punishment and arguing, are primary predictors of problematic video game use....

• Philadelphia Researchers Identify Critical Link Between Negative Parenting Cycles and Gaming Disorder in Children With ADHD

  Published: Apr 24, 2026

  Section: Mental Health

  A Children's Hospital of Philadelphia study presented at the PAS 2026 Meeting suggests that arguing and punitive parenting significantly correlate with gaming addiction in children...

• Intense Academic Burnout Drives Chinese Adolescents Toward Chronic Internet Gaming Disorder via Emotional Exhaustion

  Published: Apr 17, 2026

  Section: Mental Health

  A study published in the journal Pediatric Investigation reveals that academic burnout among Chinese teenagers triggers a psychological chain reaction leading to internet gaming di...