20.500.12556/DiRROS-30875 Problematic gaming, problematic social media use, and psychological well-being in adolescents exploring networks of symptoms in 10 European countries adolescence mental health problematic gaming problematic social media use javno zdravje mladostniki družbenih medijev uporaba true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Neznano 2026-07-07 18:07:23 2026-07-07 18:07:23 2026-07-08 03:48:27 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 Nasl. z nasl. zaslona; Soavtorica iz Slovenije Helena Jeriček Klanšček; Opis vira z dne 7. 7. 2026; str. 1-28 [article no.] ǂ Vol 2026 0000-00-00 NiDoloceno NiDoloceno NiDoloceno 2026-01-06 2026-07-08 2026-07-21 614 1753-2000 10.1186/s13034-026-01123-3 283980035 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13034-026-01123-3 1 f24b7333-7a1d-11f1-a65c-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=47338 s13034-026-01123-3_reference_(1).pdf s13034-026-01123-3_reference_(1).pdf Background Studies that jointly examine the specific symptoms of problematic gaming and problematic social media use with comparable conceptualizations and link them to adolescent psychological well-being remain scarce. Methods This study addresses this gap with an effective representative sample of n = 33,586 adolescents aged 11–15 years across 10 European countries, collected in the 2021-22 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey. A network approach was applied to data about problematic media use (i.e., Internet Gaming Disorder Scale, Social Media Disorder Scale) and psychological well-being (i.e., WHO-5 Well-being Index, Multiple Health Complaints Scale, and Loneliness). Results In gaming and social media, either separately or together, escapism was both the most common and the key bridge symptom: it was connected to loneliness in both genders and to overall well-being and nervousness in girls. Behavioral symptoms that reflect negative consequences of use (i.e., conflict, deception, and problems with others) were strongly related across gaming and social media, suggesting that they reflect a general condition rather than a behavior linked to a specific media use. Conclusions The findings highlight the central role of escapism in the interplay between adolescent problematic media use and psychological well-being, with some gender-specific differences. Symptom-level focus can guide prevention and intervention strategies. It can also prompt further research to move beyond aggregated symptom scores to better capture the heterogeneity of problematic media use as well as how specifically relevant the symptoms are for the two problematic behaviors in relation to psychological well-being. 1 4CF62CE2BC9CD3E1705B76A93B0238BC 632159cd6307b65edd282fba55a73ef3aa4d64eb2d825b30c59d43d389ae7735 5eee2825-7a1e-11f1-a65c-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=47339 Nacionalni inštitut za javno zdravje 0 0 0