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Problematic Video Game Use in Latino Adolescence: A Preliminary Study of Loneliness, Coping, and Emotional Psychopathology
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Author(s): Julián Alberto Aponte (University of Missouri, Columbia, USA), Carlos Andres Morales-Valentín (University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico), Jahleel D. Torres-Pérez (University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico), Alanis Maldonado-Negrón (University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico), Nuria I. Díaz-Fischbach (University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico), Valeria Rodríguez Marcano (University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico), Alondra Agosto (Ana G. Méndez University, Puerto Rico), Ismael Castillo-Reyes (University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico)and Yamil Ortiz-Ortiz (University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico)
Copyright: 2026
Volume: 16
Issue: 1
Pages: 20
Source title:
International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning (IJCBPL)
Editor(s)-in-Chief: Nadia Mansour Bouzaida (University of Sousse, Tunisia & University of Salamanca, Spain)
DOI: 10.4018/IJCBPL.409096
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Abstract
Internet gaming disorder (IGD) is an emerging mental health concern characterized by compulsive gaming that disrupts daily functioning. IGD is increasingly understood as rooted in psychosocial, rather than purely behavioral, factors. This cross-sectional study (n = 159, Puerto Rican adolescents) employed convenience sampling through an online survey to examine IGD's relationship to psychosocial factors (e.g., loneliness, coping, emotional psychopathology). IGD showed minor associations (r < 20) with loneliness (p = .485), and its social (p = .747), romantic (p = .827), and family (p = .315) dimensions. Stronger correlations (r > .40) emerged with anxiety (p < .001), depression (p < .001), stress (p < .001), and maladaptive coping (p < .001). These findings emphasize IGD's bidirectional ties to emotional psychopathology and its complex relationship with loneliness. Adolescents may use gaming to cope with loneliness and emotional psychopathology, emphasizing the need for prevention efforts that improve social and coping skills.
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