The Impact of Online Game Addiction on Adolescent Mental Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Authors

  • Eni Purwaningsih Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, Master Program of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
  • Ira Nurmala Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2021.6234

Keywords:

Adolescent, Good health and wellbeing, Mental health, Online game addiction

Abstract

Abstract:

Introduction: The World Health Organization (WHO) in 2019 determined that Internet Gaming Disorders (IGD) were included as mental health disorders. Among adolescents, excessive online gaming has become a lifestyle and is associated with psychological symptoms (psychopathological symptoms and life satisfaction), social health (social interactions) and physical health (general health and body mass index). The IGD has now become a problem all over the world.

 

AIM: This study aims to analyze the impact of online game addiction on adolescents using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews (PRISMA) approach.

 

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Subjects were searched extensively from the Pubmed, Sage, Science Direct, and Scopus databases. The search used the keywords "online game addiction", "mental health", and "youth". The inclusive criteria for the included  literature in this study  were as follow; the literature had to be sourced from journal article, written in English, available in full text, the published between  2011-2021, and the age of the adolescent subject should be 13-18 years. We identified 81 articles of which 20 were deemed relevant for this systematic review.

 

RESULTS: This review study shows that problematic online gaming behavior has a strong negative correlation with various subjective health outcomes.

 

CONCLUSION: Early relevant prevention for  adolescents from the IGD is the appropriate use of  internet/ gadgets as the only option to avoid or to reduce the symptoms of internet addiction and online games.

 

Keywords :

Online game addiction; Mental health; Adolescents; Good Health and Wellbeing

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Purwaningsih E, Nurmala I. The Impact of Online Game Addiction on Adolescent Mental Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Open Access Maced J Med Sci [Internet]. 2021 Aug. 3 [cited 2024 Mar. 28];9(F):260-74. Available from: https://oamjms.eu/index.php/mjms/article/view/6234

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