The Roles of Parent-and-Child Mental Health and Parental Internet Addiction in Adolescent Internet Addiction: Does a Parent-and-Child Gender Match Matter?

Objective This study aimed to investigate the relationship between parental mental health, particularly depression, and Internet Addiction (IA) among adolescents taking into consideration of adolescent meant health and parental Internet Addiction as possible mediating factors. Of particularly interest was the effect of parent-and-child gender match on these relationships. Methods and Materials This was a population-based parent-and-child dyad...