Psychometric Properties of the Metacognitions About Online Gaming Scale in the Chinese Population and Its Relationship With Internet Gaming Disorder: Cross-Sectional Study

Shuhong Lin   ^{1, 2 *} , MM ;   Xinxin Chen   ^{1, 2 *} , MM ;   Linxiang Tan   ³ , MD ;   Zhenjiang Liao   ^{1, 2} , MM ;   Yifan Li   ^{1, 2} , MM ;   Ying Tang   ^{1, 2} , BM ;   Qiuping Huang   ⁴ , MD ;   Hongxian Shen   ^{1, 2} , MD

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China

² National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Changsha, China

³ Education Center for Mental Health, Central South University, Changsha, China

⁴ School of Humanities and Management, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China

*these authors contributed equally