#440 - 🔵 [PAS 2026] - Is Gaming Addiction in Kids With ADHD About the Games or the Parenting?

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Emily Wassmer, researcher at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, presents findings from one of the first studies to examine gaming addiction in young children ages 5 to 12 with ADHD diagnoses. Using a newly developed caregiver-report screening tool based on DSM-5 criteria for internet gaming disorder, she found that inattention — more than hyperactivity, anxiety, depression, or autism symptoms — was the factor most strongly associated with meeting criteria for gaming addiction, mirroring patterns seen in adolescent research. Perhaps most striking was the parenting finding: each additional negative parenting behavior, such as yelling or losing one's temper, tripled the child's risk of gaming addiction — suggesting that evidence-based parent training programs already used in ADHD populations may be one of the most promising avenues for intervention. Support the show As always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also contact the show through Instagram or Twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their Twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd. The papers discussed in today's episode are listed and timestamped on the webpage linked below. Enjoy!

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#440 - 🔵 [PAS 2026] - Is Gaming Addiction in Kids With ADHD About the Games or the Parenting? is an episode from The Incubator by Ben Courchia & Daphna Yasova Barbeau.

This episode is 13:10 long.

This episode was published on Apr 27, 2026.

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