With the development of computer technology, more and more teenagers devote abundant time and effort to video games. Previous cross-sectional studies have found a negative relationship between video game playing time and parent-child communication frequency, but the causal direction between the two is still unclear. Therefore, the current study aimed to explore the direction of the relationship between video game playing time and parent-child communication frequency among Chinese junior high school students. We analyzed the longitudinal data from the China Education Panel Survey (CEPS). A tota...
