Recurrent pain symptoms in adolescents with generalized and specific problematic Internet use: Associations analysis, confounding and mediating effects of comorbid psychosocial problems

# Recurrent pain symptoms in adolescents with generalized and specific problematic Internet use: Associations analysis, confounding and mediating effects of comorbid psychosocial problems [https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.1g1jwsv4z](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.1g1jwsv4z) This dataset contains primary data from a survey of 4411 adolescents. The dataset contains demographic data, test data from the following questionnaires: - The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) \- The Chen Internet Addiction Scale (CIAS) \- The Game Addiction Scale for Adolescents (GASA) \- The Social Media Disorder Scale (SMDS) In addition, the dataset contains coded responses from adolescents regarding the frequency and intensity of recurrent pain symptoms: headache, abdominal pain, and back pain. ## Description of the data Code: the unique code of the adolescent Age_group: 1 - <= 14 years; 2 > 14 years Sex: 1 - male; 2 - female Ethnicity: Russians - 1; Tuvans - 2; Khakass - 3; Others - 4 G_1-G_25 and G_Sum: test results by The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) CIAS_1-CIAS_26 and CIAS_Sum: test results of The Chen Internet Addiction Scale (CIAS) questionnaire. GASA_1-GASA_7 and GASA_Sum: test results of The Game Addiction Scale for Adolescents (GASA). SMDS_1-SMDS_9 and SMDS_Sum: test results from The Social Media Disorder Scale (SMDS). Recurrent headache frequency: 0 - none; 1 - ≤ 2 episodes per month; 2 - > 2 episodes per month. Recurrent headache intensity: 0 to 5 according to the Wong-Baker FACES pain rating scale. Recurrent abdominal pain frequency: 0 - none; 1 - ≤ 2 episodes per month; 2 - > 2 episodes per month. Recurrent abdominal pain intensity: 0 to 5 according to the Wong-Baker FACES pain rating scale. Recurrent back pain frequency: 0 - none; 1 - ≤ 2 episodes per month; 2 - > 2 episodes per month. Recurrent back pain intensity from 0 to 5 according to the Wong-Baker FACES pain rating scale Value ‘null’ for all cells - no data available