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Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/80737, first published .
Leisure Screen Time, Internet Gaming Disorder, and Mental Health Among Chinese Adolescents: Large-Scale Cross-Sectional Study

Leisure Screen Time, Internet Gaming Disorder, and Mental Health Among Chinese Adolescents: Large-Scale Cross-Sectional Study

Leisure Screen Time, Internet Gaming Disorder, and Mental Health Among Chinese Adolescents: Large-Scale Cross-Sectional Study

Qin Deng   1 , MPH ;   Linna Sha   1 , MPH ;   Jiaojiao Hou   2 , MPH ;   Xunying Zhao   2 , MD ;   Rong Xiang   1 , MD ;   Jiangbo Zhu   1 , MPH ;   Yang Qu   2 , MD ;   Jinyu Zhou   1 , MD ;   Ting Yu   2 , MD ;   Xin Song   1 , MD ;   Sirui Zheng   1 , MPH ;   Tao Han   1 , MPH ;   Bin Yang   1 , MD ;   Mengyu Fan   2 * , MD ;   Xia Jiang   1, 2, 3 * , MD, PhD

1 Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

2 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

3 Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Xia Jiang, MD, PhD
  • Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Center for Molecular Medicine
  • Karolinska Institutet
  • L8:05, CMM Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset Solna
  • Stockholm 17176
  • Sweden
  • Phone: 86 15528103968
  • Email: xia.jiang@ki.se