Pathway From Adverse Interpersonal Experiences to Problematic Mobile Video Gaming Among Vocational Students: The Mediating Role of Psychological Inflexibility and Gender Differences.

Authors

Xuan Cheng, Ziwei Wang, Jundong Liao, Tiezhu Li, Linshanjie Da, Li Lei

Published in

Psychological reports. Pages 332941261488354. Sep 10, 2026. Epub Sep 10, 2026.

Abstract

Based on the Interaction of Person-Affect-Cognition-Execution model, this study aims to explore the relationship between adverse interpersonal experiences (i.e., peer victimization and parent-child conflict) and problematic mobile video gaming (PMVG), the mediating role of psychological inflexibility, and gender differences. A sample of 3,412 vocational students (61.66% male, 16.90 ± 1.12 years) reported on peer victimization, parent-child conflict, psychological inflexibility, and PMVG. Results indicated that parent-child conflict exerted a stronger influence on PMVG among vocational students than peer victimization. Psychological inflexibility fully mediated the relationship between peer victimization and PMVG, while partially mediating the relationship between parent-child conflict and PMVG. And gender differences were observed in the peer victimization pathway but not in the parent-child conflict pathway. These findings provide new theoretical insights into understanding PMVG among vocational students and offer practical implications for developing gender- and interpersonal environment-specific intervention strategies.

PMID:
42723377
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 11 Sep 2026.

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