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<p>There is a notable paucity of research that has evaluated Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) and smartphone overuse prevalence rates in children following the COVID-19 pandemic, including in Australian school-aged samples. The aim of the current study was to examine the prevalence and developmental impacts of IGD and smartphone overuse in children using a self-report survey design. A total of N = 1993 Year 4–8 (10–14&#xa0;years old, 66.2% male and 31.7% female) students completed the study. Medium to high problematic smartphone use was found in 9.9% of the sample, whilst 4% of children met clinical (1.2%) or sub-clinical (2.7%) levels of IGD, with no differences across age ranges. A pattern of increasing developmental impacts for smartphone overuse and IGD was found. The greatest impacts of overuse and IGD were on emotional development and physical health development. These findings have implications for the increasing need for parent education, access to treatment services, and a focus on early intervention programs in primary school.</p>

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Internet gaming disorder (IGD) and smartphone overuse in Australian primary school and secondary school children: prevalence and developmental impacts

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    2025年5月28日

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  • Brad Marshall,
  • Wayne A. Warburton,
  • Maria Kangas,
  • Naomi Sweller

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There is a notable paucity of research that has evaluated Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) and smartphone overuse prevalence rates in children following the COVID-19 pandemic, including in Australian school-aged samples. The aim of the current study was to examine the prevalence and developmental impacts of IGD and smartphone overuse in children using a self-report survey design. A total of N = 1993 Year 4–8 (10–14 years old, 66.2% male and 31.7% female) students completed the study. Medium to high problematic smartphone use was found in 9.9% of the sample, whilst 4% of children met clinical (1.2%) or sub-clinical (2.7%) levels of IGD, with no differences across age ranges. A pattern of increasing developmental impacts for smartphone overuse and IGD was found. The greatest impacts of overuse and IGD were on emotional development and physical health development. These findings have implications for the increasing need for parent education, access to treatment services, and a focus on early intervention programs in primary school.