Gaming motives, mental health, and belonging among Asian students in Canada and White Canadian university students: A cross-sectional study

• Asian students showed higher violent and social gaming motives than White students. • Coping/recreational gaming motives linked more to depression in Asian students. • Belongingness moderated gaming’s impact on mental health in Asian students. • Acculturative stress raises Asian students’ gaming-related mental health risks. • Social support and belonging can reduce gaming’s negative mental health impacts.