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It tested their levels of IGD, parental psychological control, negative interpersonal events (physical\/verbal abuse by parents, verbal abuse by teachers, peer\/online bullying), social support from parents\/peers, and positive relationships with parents\/peers. Results showed that 346 participants (13.0%) were classified as having IGD. Gender, city, single-parent family, family socio-economic status, and mother\u2019s education level were significantly associated with the risk of IGD. Logistic regression analyses with and without controlling for the significant background variables showed that the studied interpersonal variables were significantly associated with IGD, respectively. Forward stepwise logistic regression showed that the significant correlates of IGD included parental psychological control, physical\/verbal abuse by parents, verbal abuse by teachers, and peer\/online bullying. 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