An Exploratory Examination of the Relationship Between Internet Gaming Disorder, Smartphone Addiction, Social Appearance Anxiety and Aggression Among Undergraduate Students

Studies show a relationship between social appearance anxiety, aggression, and behavioral addictions. However, the smartphone addiction, Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) has not been investigated. The present study used self-report survey to examine structural relationships IGD. sample comprised 383 Turkish undergraduate students (50.9% male; 49.1% female), all of who played online videogames. demographic information questions Social Appearance Anxiety Scale, Buss-Perry Aggression Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Form. scales were examined utilizing equation modeling. findings showed that anxiety (β=.583) addiction (β=.319) had direct effect on Additionally, partially mediated association aggression IGD (β=.125). These suggest longitudinal research is needed temporal patterns directionality results demonstrate may be associated with aggression. Therefore, help reduce incidence IGD, interventions are among gamers inhibit decrease