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Binge gaming was associated with depression, anxiety, and poor sleep, with boys more likely to report binge gaming than girls, in Hong Kong survey of 2,592 children and adolescents

08.13.25 | PLOS

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Binge gaming was associated with depression, anxiety, and poor sleep, with boys more likely to report binge gaming than girls, in Hong Kong survey of 2,592 children and adolescents

Article URL : http://plos.io/4moOETZ

Article title: The roles of binge gaming in social, academic and mental health outcomes and gender differences: A school-based survey in Hong Kong

Author countries: China

Funding: This work was supported by the Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) [#16171001] and [#17180791] and General Research Fund (GRF) [#14607319] and [#14609820]. HMRF and GRF had no role in the study design, collection, analysis or interpretation of the data, writing the manuscript, or the decision to submit the paper for publication.

PLOS One

10.1371/journal.pone.0327365

The roles of binge gaming in social, academic and mental health outcomes and gender differences: A school-based survey in Hong Kong

13-Aug-2025

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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APA:
PLOS. (2025, August 13). Binge gaming was associated with depression, anxiety, and poor sleep, with boys more likely to report binge gaming than girls, in Hong Kong survey of 2,592 children and adolescents. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LN2W9Q91/binge-gaming-was-associated-with-depression-anxiety-and-poor-sleep-with-boys-more-likely-to-report-binge-gaming-than-girls-in-hong-kong-survey-of-2592-children-and-adolescents.html
MLA:
"Binge gaming was associated with depression, anxiety, and poor sleep, with boys more likely to report binge gaming than girls, in Hong Kong survey of 2,592 children and adolescents." Brightsurf News, Aug. 13 2025, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LN2W9Q91/binge-gaming-was-associated-with-depression-anxiety-and-poor-sleep-with-boys-more-likely-to-report-binge-gaming-than-girls-in-hong-kong-survey-of-2592-children-and-adolescents.html.