Internet gaming disorder and its relationship with behavioral disorder and mother's parenting styles in primary school students according to gender in Iran.

Background: The problem of students' gaming addiction has been related to the individual student's characteristics and the influence of family environment. Researchers aimed to investigate if and how internet gaming disorder (IGD) of the elementary school boys and girls is related to behavioral disorder and their mother's parenting style in Iran.

Methods: This is a descriptive correlational study, involving 657 fifth and sixth-grade elementary school students in 2019.