The relationship between parental affective disorders and digital addiction in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis

IF 3.7 2区医学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Addictive behaviors Pub Date : 2025-02-04 DOI:10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108282

Qian Li , Yebo Yu , Xin Wang , Samuel Yeung-shan Wong , Xue Yang

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Abstract

Background and aims

This study aims to comprehensively evaluate the correlation between parental affective disorders and four common digital addiction in children and adolescents.

Methods

The research was conducted in MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Embase, CINAHL, and Web of Science. The meta-analysis included studies focusing on parental affective disorders and digital addiction to the Internet, smartphones, social media, and gaming among children and adolescents, using longitudinal, cohort, or cross-sectional study designs, and reporting correlation effect sizes or other data that could be converted to correlation r. Pooled Pearson’s correlations were calculated using the random-effect model.

Results

Nineteen studies were included (sample sizes ranged from 104 to 4,385), with ten on gaming addiction, four on smartphone addiction, three on Internet addiction, and two on social media addiction. The meta-analysis revealed a small but significant correlation (pooled r [95 %CI] = 0.15 [0.11–0.19]) between parental affective disorders and digital addiction in children and adolescents. This correlation was stronger in studies focusing on offspring’s smartphone addiction (r [95 %CI] = 0.25 [0.17, 0.33]), and studies conducted in Asia (r [95 %CI] = 0.17 [0.12, 0.22]), and increased slightly from 0.09 to 0.10 to 0.15–0.16 by years in 2017 and 2024.

Discussion and Conclusions

Parental affective disorders were positively correlated with offspring’s digital addiction, particularly on smartphone addiction and in Asian families. Improving parental mental health as a complementary strategy of clinical treatments might be more effective in reducing digital addiction in offspring. Further research is needed to explore the potential underlying mechanisms to gain a deeper understanding.

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Addictive behaviors 医学-药物滥用

CiteScore

8.40

自引率

4.50%

发文量

283

审稿时长

46 days

期刊介绍： Addictive Behaviors is an international peer-reviewed journal publishing high quality human research on addictive behaviors and disorders since 1975. The journal accepts submissions of full-length papers and short communications on substance-related addictions such as the abuse of alcohol, drugs and nicotine, and behavioral addictions involving gambling and technology. We primarily publish behavioral and psychosocial research but our articles span the fields of psychology, sociology, psychiatry, epidemiology, social policy, medicine, pharmacology and neuroscience. While theoretical orientations are diverse, the emphasis of the journal is primarily empirical. That is, sound experimental design combined with valid, reliable assessment and evaluation procedures are a requisite for acceptance. However, innovative and empirically oriented case studies that might encourage new lines of inquiry are accepted as well. Studies that clearly contribute to current knowledge of etiology, prevention, social policy or treatment are given priority. Scholarly commentaries on topical issues, systematic reviews, and mini reviews are encouraged. We especially welcome multimedia papers that incorporate video or audio components to better display methodology or findings. Studies can also be submitted to Addictive Behaviors? companion title, the open access journal Addictive Behaviors Reports, which has a particular interest in ''non-traditional'', innovative and empirically-oriented research such as negative/null data papers, replication studies, case reports on novel treatments, and cross-cultural research.