| Paper Abstract and Keywords |
| Presentation |
2025-03-10 10:25
Sleep duration as a mediator of the causal relationship between video gaming and mental health
Hiroyuki Egami (Nihon University), Md. Shafiur Rahman (KUHS), Tsuyoshi Yamamoto (GRIPS), Takahisa Wakabayashi (TCUE), Chihiro Egami (BOA) |
| Abstract |
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Many studies have explored potential mediators of the relationship between screen time and mental health, with gaming being a particularly prominent focus. However, prior research has relied on associational analyses, making it difficult to infer mediation effects within a causal framework. Without a properly identified causal relationship, conclusions about the mechanism remain speculative. Building on previous work that found positive causal impact of gaming on mental health through a natural experiment, this study applies causal mediation analysis to examine the mechanisms underlying this effect. Our results indicate that reduced sleep duration acts as a mediator, partially offsetting the mental health benefits of gaming. In contrast, gaming duration itself exhibits no mediating effect. While this preliminary report does not include all necessary robustness checks for a rigorous causal mediation analysis, the findings highlight the critical role of sleep duration in shaping the mental health effects of digital media consumption. |
| Keyword |
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Sleep duration / Screen time / Video gaming / Digital media / Mental health / / / |
| Reference Info. |
ITE Tech. Rep., vol. 49, pp. 21-24, March 2025. |
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| Date of Issue |
2025-03-03 (AIT) |
| ISSN |
Online edition: ISSN 2424-1970 |
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| Conference Information |
| Committee |
AIT IIEEJ AS CG-ARTS |
| Conference Date |
2025-03-10 - 2025-03-10 |
| Place (in Japanese) |
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| Place (in English) |
Tokyo Polytechnic Univ. (Nakano) |
| Topics (in Japanese) |
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| Topics (in English) |
Expressive Japan 2025 |
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| Registration To |
AS |
| Conference Code |
2025-03-AIT-IIEEJ-AS-ARTS |
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Japanese |
| Title (in Japanese) |
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Sleep duration as a mediator of the causal relationship between video gaming and mental health |
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Sleep duration |
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Screen time |
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Video gaming |
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Digital media |
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Mental health |
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| 1st Author's Name |
Hiroyuki Egami |
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Nihon University (Nihon University) |
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Md. Shafiur Rahman |
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Kanagawa University of Human Services (KUHS) |
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Tsuyoshi Yamamoto |
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National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) |
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Takahisa Wakabayashi |
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Takasaki City University of Economics (TCUE) |
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Chihiro Egami |
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Board of Audit of Japan (BOA) |
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| Speaker |
Author-1 |
| Date Time |
2025-03-10 10:25:00 |
| Presentation Time |
12 minutes |
| Registration for |
AS |
| Paper # |
AIT2025-46 |
| Volume (vol) |
vol.49 |
| Number (no) |
no.10 |
| Page |
pp.21-24 |
| #Pages |
4 |
| Date of Issue |
2025-03-03 (AIT) |