Author(s): Tuan Hai Nguyen, Wan-Tran Huang, Wing-Keung Wong
Purpose: Although playing games can benefit players' mental health and intellect, its detrimental effects often develop parallel. This article examined the link between online game addiction and sleep disturbances for adolescents and youngsters.
Design/methodology/approach: We used the Priority Reporting Section to get a systematic review and use Meta-analysis with PRISMA guidelines to analyze reports. To do so, we searched all the related literature in six electronic databases comprising EBSCO, PubMed, Scopus, Science Direct, Web of Science, and JSTOR to detect papers available before March 22, 2021. We selected seven papers out of 1047 articles that matched our research criteria through a systematic review. The quality of the selected papers was assessed by using the criticisms set in Joanna Briggs Institute.
Findings: Our findings confirmed a positive relationship between gaming addiction and sleep disorders. The prevalence of addiction to video games from the association fluctuated from 1.9% to 10%.
Implications and Discussions: Our study had theoretical and strategic implications for the stakeholders in raising awareness of monitoring behaviors related to video game addiction and sleep disorders.
Originality: With many young people playing video games, we can easily meet video game addicts around us. This paper contributes to affirming that a sign of recognizing game addiction is a sleep disorder in young people. The paper could also influence the directions for future studies on sleep disorders or addiction theories.