TY - JOUR AU - Garakani, A. AU - Zhai, Z.W. AU - Hoff, R.A. AU - Krishnan-Sarin, S. AU - Potenza, M.N. TI - Gaming to relieve tension or anxiety and associations with health functioning, substance use and physical violence in high school students: Gaming to Relieve Anxiety PY - 2021 T2 - Journal of Psychiatric Research VL - 140 SP - 461 EP - 467 DO - 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.05.055 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85108073785&doi=10.1016%2fj.jpsychires.2021.05.055&partnerID=40&md5=2673c22ffa822b560474dfd290eb8fd1 AD - Silver Hill Hospital, New Canaan, 06840, CT, United States AD - Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, 06510, CT, United States AD - Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, 10029, NY, United States AD - Program in Neuroscience, Middlebury College, Middlebury, 05753, VT, United States AD - The Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling, Wethersfield, 06109, CT, United States AD - The Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, 06519, CT, United States AD - Department of Neuroscience and Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, 06510, CT, United States AB - Gaming is popular among youth and gaming disorders have been introduced recently into psychiatric nomenclature systems. Motivations underlying gaming may include involvement to reduce negative emotional states and thus may link to psychiatric and overall health. Thus, the extent to which adolescents engage in gaming to relieve anxiety warrants additional investigation. Data from 2005 Connecticut high-school students were used to examine how adolescents who reported gaming to relieve tension or anxiety differed from those who reported gaming but not to relieve tension or anxiety on measures of demographics, academic performance, general health, extracurricular activities, dysphoria/depression symptoms, substance use, and aggressive or violent behaviors. Chi-square analyses and binomial and multinomial logistic regression models were conducted. Gaming to relieve anxiety was more prevalent in boys and Hispanic and Asian adolescents and associated with less extracurricular involvement, poorer academic performance, increased cigarette and other drug use, problematic internet use, and depression. Participants with gaming to relieve tension or anxiety were also more likely to report weapon-carrying, missing school because they felt unsafe, having been threatened with a weapon, having engaged in physical fights, and having experienced injuries from fights. As gaming to relieve anxiety was related to mental-health- and functioning-related measures, additional research is needed to examine the precise natures of these relationships and to translate the information into improved intervention strategies. © 2021 KW - Addictive behavior KW - Adolescence KW - Anxiety KW - Impulse control KW - Motivation KW - Video games KW - Adolescent KW - Adolescent Behavior KW - Anxiety KW - Behavior, Addictive KW - Humans KW - Internet KW - Male KW - Physical Abuse KW - Schools KW - Students KW - Substance-Related Disorders KW - Video Games KW - academic achievement KW - adolescence KW - adolescent KW - aggression KW - alcohol consumption KW - anxiety KW - Article KW - Asian KW - association KW - cannabis use KW - Connecticut KW - depression KW - dysphoria KW - female KW - game addiction KW - health survey KW - high school student KW - Hispanic KW - human KW - injury KW - internet addiction KW - internet use KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - mental health KW - motivation KW - physical violence KW - race difference KW - sex difference KW - smoking KW - substance use KW - symptom KW - tension KW - United States KW - video game KW - weapon KW - addiction KW - adolescent behavior KW - anxiety KW - drug dependence KW - Internet KW - physical abuse KW - school KW - student KW - video game PB - Elsevier Ltd SN - 00223956 (ISSN) C2 - 34147933 LA - English J2 - J. Psychiatr. Res. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 7; Correspondence Address: M.N. Potenza; Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, One Church Street Room 726, 06510, United States; email: marc.potenza@yale.edu; CODEN: JPYRA ER - TY - JOUR AU - Nguyen, T.T.P. AU - Do, H.N. AU - Vu, T.B.T. AU - Vu, K.L. AU - Nguyen, H.D. AU - Nguyen, D.T. AU - Do, H.M. AU - Nguyen, N.T.T. AU - La, L.T.B. AU - Doan, L.P. AU - Nguyen, T.T. AU - Nguyen, H.L.T. AU - Do, H.T. AU - Latkin, C.A. AU - Ho, C.S.H. AU - Ho, R.C.M. TI - Association of Individual and Neighborhood Characteristics to Problematic Internet Use among Youths and Adolescents: Evidence from Vietnam PY - 2023 T2 - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health VL - 20 IS - 3 C7 - 2090 DO - 10.3390/ijerph20032090 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85147865526&doi=10.3390%2fijerph20032090&partnerID=40&md5=1ee7d32ddaf6c96b9c85d9c9c207cfc7 AD - Institute for Global Health Innovations, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, 550000, Viet Nam AD - Faculty of Medicine, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, 550000, Viet Nam AD - Youth Research Institute, Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, Hanoi, 100000, Viet Nam AD - Vietnam Youth Academy, Hanoi, 100000, Viet Nam AD - Department of Research on Youth’s Organisations and Youth Campaign, Youth Research Institute, Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, Hanoi, 100000, Viet Nam AD - Department of Research on Children’s Issues, Youth Research Institute, Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, Hanoi, 100000, Viet Nam AD - Department of Research on Youth and Legal Issues, Youth Research Institute, Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, Hanoi, 100000, Viet Nam AD - Department of Research on Youth Culture and Lifestyle, Youth Research Institute, Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, Hanoi, 100000, Viet Nam AD - Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi Metropolitan University, Hanoi, 100000, Viet Nam AD - Faculty of Preschool Education, Hanoi National University of Education, Hanoi, 100000, Viet Nam AD - Institute of Health Economics and Technology, Hanoi, 100000, Viet Nam AD - Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 21205, MD, United States AD - Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 119228, Singapore AD - Institute for Health Innovation and Technology (iHealthtech), National University of Singapore, Singapore, 119077, Singapore AB - Introduction: This study aimed to determine latent profiles from the Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire Short Form-6 (PIUQ-SF-6) score of Vietnamese youths and adolescents, which supports the diagnosis of problematic internet use among a large sample size. Moreover, it also explored factors that affect each latent profile of the PIUQ-SF-6 score among participants. Methods: A sample of 1477 Vietnamese people, aged 14 to 24, across five provinces participated in the study. Multinomial logistic regression determined factors related to the levels of the Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire Short Form-6 (PIUQ-SF-6) after using latent profile analysis. Results: Participants were divided into three profiles, including those at low, moderate, and high risk of internet addiction. The high-risk latent profile was obtained for 23.1% of adolescents, and the remaining percentages were, respectively, 40.2% and 36.7% of adolescents belonging to the moderate and low-risk groups. Moreover, factors including age, living alone, high Kessler psychological distress scale, excessive time on the internet, living in central cities, and high neighborhood disorder scores were found to be related to moderate- and high-risk internet addiction profiles. Conclusions: Factors analyzed according to individual and social characteristics further explore the reasons underlying increasing internet addiction among Vietnamese youths and inform early interventions. © 2023 by the authors. KW - adolescence KW - internet addiction KW - problematic internet use KW - Vietnam KW - youth KW - Adolescent KW - Behavior, Addictive KW - Humans KW - Internet KW - Internet Use KW - Logistic Models KW - Neighborhood Characteristics KW - Vietnam KW - Viet Nam KW - adolescence KW - Internet KW - neighborhood KW - psychology KW - regression analysis KW - adolescent KW - adult KW - Article KW - controlled study KW - cross-sectional study KW - female KW - human KW - internet addiction KW - Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6) KW - latent profile analysis KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - neighborhood KW - population research KW - prediction KW - Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire Short Form 6 score KW - risk factor KW - rural area KW - sample size KW - scoring system KW - self report KW - statistical analysis KW - urban area KW - Viet Nam KW - Vietnamese KW - visual analog scale KW - addiction KW - epidemiology KW - Internet KW - psychology KW - statistical model PB - MDPI SN - 16617827 (ISSN) C2 - 36767455 LA - English J2 - Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 1; Correspondence Address: T.T.P. Nguyen; Institute for Global Health Innovations, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, 550000, Viet Nam; email: nguyentphuongthao73@duytan.edu.vn ER - TY - JOUR AU - Morita, M. AU - Ando, S. AU - Kiyono, T. AU - Morishima, R. AU - Yagi, T. AU - Kanata, S. AU - Fujikawa, S. AU - Yamasaki, S. AU - Nishida, A. AU - Kasai, K. TI - Bidirectional relationship of problematic Internet use with hyperactivity/inattention and depressive symptoms in adolescents: a population-based cohort study PY - 2022 T2 - European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry VL - 31 IS - 10 SP - 1601 EP - 1609 DO - 10.1007/s00787-021-01808-4 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85106451917&doi=10.1007%2fs00787-021-01808-4&partnerID=40&md5=337ab03de510b7ccfec38f1bdcc0598c AD - Department of Neuropsychiatry, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan AD - Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan AD - Department of Psychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan AD - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan AB - Problematic Internet use (PIU), hyperactivity/inattention, and depressive symptoms are comorbid problems in adolescence, but the causal relationships among these issues are unclear. To assess the relationships among PIU, hyperactivity/inattention, and depressive symptoms in adolescents in the general population. This longitudinal cohort study used data from the Tokyo Teen Cohort study in Tokyo, Japan, for two years between October 2012 and January 2015. Of the 3171 pairs of children and parents, 3007 pairs continued to participate in the second wave of the Tokyo Teen Cohort study. A total of 3007 children were included in the analysis (mean [standard deviation] age, 9.7 [0.4] years; 1418 women [47.2%]. Cross-lagged panel analysis revealed that PIU at timepoint 1 was significantly associated with hyperactivity/inattention at timepoint 2 (β = 0.03; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.01–0.06), and hyperactivity/inattention at timepoint 1 was also significantly associated with PIU at timepoint 2 (β = 0.07; 95% CI 0.04–0.10), even after adjustments were made for depressive symptoms. Furthermore, PIU at timepoint 1 was significantly associated with depressive symptoms at timepoint 2 (β = 0.05; 95% CI 0.01–0.12), and depressive symptoms at timepoint 1 were also significantly associated with PIU at timepoint 2 (β = 0.05; 95% CI 0.02–0.07), even after adjustments were made for hyperactivity/inattention. These results support the bidirectional relationships among PIU, hyperactivity/inattention, and depressive symptoms. PIU may be a target to improve hyperactivity/inattention and depressive symptoms in adolescents. © 2021, The Author(s). KW - Adolescent KW - Cohort study KW - Hyperactivity/inattention KW - Internet addiction KW - Problematic Internet use KW - Adolescent KW - Adolescent Behavior KW - Behavior, Addictive KW - Child KW - Cohort Studies KW - Cross-Sectional Studies KW - Depression KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Internet KW - Internet Use KW - Longitudinal Studies KW - adolescent KW - adolescent depression KW - Article KW - child KW - cohort analysis KW - controlled study KW - female KW - human KW - hyperactivity KW - internet addiction KW - Japan KW - longitudinal study KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - addiction KW - adolescent behavior KW - cross-sectional study KW - depression KW - Internet PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH SN - 10188827 (ISSN) C2 - 34021782 LA - English J2 - Eur. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 13; Correspondence Address: S. Ando; Department of Neuropsychiatry, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan; email: sandou-tky@umin.ac.jp; CODEN: EAPSE ER - TY - JOUR AU - Liu, S. AU - Zou, S. AU - Zhang, D. AU - Wang, X. AU - Wu, X. TI - Problematic Internet use and academic engagement during the COVID-19 lockdown: The indirect effects of depression, anxiety, and insomnia in early, middle, and late adolescence PY - 2022 T2 - Journal of Affective Disorders VL - 309 SP - 9 EP - 18 DO - 10.1016/j.jad.2022.04.043 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85130864110&doi=10.1016%2fj.jad.2022.04.043&partnerID=40&md5=4b774e60e9f4e3f50a080055672c734e AD - Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education (Beijing Normal University), Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China AD - Department of Psychology, School of Education Science, Hunan Normal University, Hunan, Changsha, China AD - Education and Counseling Center of Psychological Health, Ocean University of China, Shandong, Qingdao, China AD - School of Applied Psychology, Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai, Guangdong, Zhuhai, China AB - Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the transition of online learning introduces challenges for adolescents to engage in learning. The increased access and persistent Internet use could heighten the risk of problematic Internet use (PIU) that has been increasingly recognized as a risk factor for academic engagement. This study aims to investigate the direct and indirect relationships between PIU and academic engagement through psychopathological symptoms (i.e., depression, anxiety, insomnia) in early, middle, and late adolescence. Methods: In all, 4852 adolescents (51.5% females; Mage = 13.80 ± 2.38) from different regions of Chinese mainland participated in the study and completed questionnaires. Results: Depression and then insomnia as well as anxiety and then insomnia mediated the relationship between PIU and academic engagement. Anxiety exhibited a double-edged effect, that is, a positive relation with academic engagement directly and a negative relation with academic engagement indirectly through insomnia. Multigroup analyses showed that the indirect effects of PIU on academic engagement through depression and subsequent insomnia in middle and late adolescence were stronger than that in early adolescence, whereas the direct effect in early adolescence was stronger than that in middle adolescence. Limitation: This study was cross-sectional in design and relied upon self-report measures. Conclusion: These findings improve the understandings of how PIU relates to academic engagement through psychopathological symptoms and highlight developmental differences of adolescence. © 2022 Elsevier B.V. KW - Academic engagement KW - Age difference KW - Anxiety KW - Depression KW - Insomnia KW - Problematic Internet use KW - Adolescent KW - Anxiety KW - Behavior, Addictive KW - Child KW - Communicable Disease Control KW - COVID-19 KW - Cross-Sectional Studies KW - Depression KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Internet KW - Internet Use KW - Male KW - Pandemics KW - Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders KW - academic achievement KW - adolescent KW - anxiety KW - Article KW - child KW - coronavirus disease 2019 KW - cross-sectional study KW - depression KW - female KW - human KW - insomnia KW - internet addiction KW - lockdown KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - mental disease KW - questionnaire KW - self report KW - structural equation modeling KW - addiction KW - communicable disease control KW - depression KW - insomnia KW - Internet KW - pandemic PB - Elsevier B.V. SN - 01650327 (ISSN) C2 - 35439467 LA - English J2 - J. Affective Disord. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 15; Correspondence Address: X. Wu; Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, No.19, Xinjiekouwai St, Haidian District, 100875, China; email: xcwu@bnu.edu.cn; CODEN: JADID ER - TY - JOUR AU - Chandrima, R.M. AU - Kircaburun, K. AU - Kabir, H. AU - Riaz, B.K. AU - Kuss, D.J. AU - Griffiths, M.D. AU - Mamun, M.A. TI - Adolescent problematic internet use and parental mediation: A Bangladeshi structured interview study PY - 2020 T2 - Addictive Behaviors Reports VL - 12 C7 - 100288 DO - 10.1016/j.abrep.2020.100288 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85086035194&doi=10.1016%2fj.abrep.2020.100288&partnerID=40&md5=4ff7585ff0537e03b295e047a30d042f AD - Comprehensive Competency Training on Nutrition, National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine, Dhaka, Bangladesh AD - Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, 50 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, NG1 4FQ, United Kingdom AD - Undergraduate Research Organization, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh AD - Department of Public Health and Informatics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh AD - Department of Public Health and Hospital Administration, National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine, Dhaka, Bangladesh AB - Internet-related problems such as excessive internet use, problematic internet use (PIU), and internet addiction, are becoming increasingly studied among Bangladeshi adult students, but there has been little research among adolescents. In Bangladesh, there has been no research examining the role of parental mediation in their children's internet use. Therefore, the present structured interview study investigated Bangladeshi adolescent PIU and its associated socio-demographics, internet use behaviors, and the parental mediation role among 350 high school students residing in Dhaka. The results showed that 84 of adolescents (24.0%) were classified as having PIU (cut-off score of ≥ 50 on the Internet Addiction Test) and nine adolescents (2.6%) were classified as having a severe dependency on the internet (cut-off score of >80 on the Internet Addiction Test). According to hierarchical regression analysis, significant PIU correlates included lower academic results, both parents’ lower education, mother working outside the home, more than four days’ weekly internet use, more than two hours daily internet use, and active mediation. Additionally, internet use behaviors (i.e., internet use locations, devices, purposes, and applications) and parental internet mediation dimensions other than active mediation (i.e., restrictive mediation, active mediation internet safety, monitoring, and technical mediation) were significantly related to PIU in t-tests and correlation analysis respectively. However, they were non-significant in the hierarchical regression analysis when included into equation altogether. The present study's findings will be helpful in developing country-level policymaking decisions and facilitating future research in the country. © 2020 The Authors KW - Bangladeshi adolescence KW - Internet addiction KW - Internet use behaviors KW - Parental mediation KW - Problematic internet use KW - academic achievement KW - adolescent KW - adolescent behavior KW - Article KW - Bangladeshi KW - correlation analysis KW - developing country KW - e-mail KW - education KW - family KW - female KW - human KW - Internet KW - internet addiction KW - leisure KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - mobile application KW - monitoring KW - online social network KW - parent KW - Parental Internet Mediation Scale KW - priority journal KW - regression analysis KW - reliability KW - school KW - scoring system KW - shopping KW - social interaction KW - social media KW - structured interview PB - Elsevier Ltd SN - 23528532 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Addict. Behav. Rep. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 37; Correspondence Address: M.A. Mamun; Director, Undergraduate Research Organization, Savar, Gerua Road, 1342, Bangladesh; email: mamun.abdullah@phiju.edu.bd ER - TY - JOUR AU - Huang, X.-C. AU - Zhang, Y.-N. AU - Wu, X.-Y. AU - Jiang, Y. AU - Cai, H. AU - Deng, Y.-Q. AU - Luo, Y. AU - Zhao, L.-P. AU - Liu, Q.-L. AU - Luo, S.-Y. AU - Wang, Y.-Y. AU - Zhao, L. AU - Jiang, M.-M. AU - Wu, Y.-B. TI - A cross-sectional study: family communication, anxiety, and depression in adolescents: the mediating role of family violence and problematic internet use PY - 2023 T2 - BMC Public Health VL - 23 IS - 1 C7 - 1747 DO - 10.1186/s12889-023-16637-0 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85170168479&doi=10.1186%2fs12889-023-16637-0&partnerID=40&md5=e328e8b209912868a240173cea3c1a14 AD - School of Economics and Management, Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication, Beijing, China AD - School of Nursing, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China AD - School of Pharmaceutical Science, Shandong University, Jinan, China AD - Jitang College of North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, China AD - Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, China AD - Xiangya School of Nursing, Central South University, Changsha, China AD - The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China AD - School of Clinical Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China AD - Department of Nuring, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical Collge, Nanchong, China AD - School of Public Affairs, Xiamen University, 422 Simingnan Road, Siming District, Xiamen, China AD - School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China AD - Wuhan, 430065, China AB - Objective: The objective of this study is to explore the relationship between family communication, family violence, problematic internet use, anxiety, and depression and validate their potential mediating role. Methods: The study population consisted of Chinese adolescents aged 12 to 18 years, and a cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2022. Structural equation models were constructed using AMOS 25.0 software to examine the factors that influence adolescent anxiety and depression and the mediating effects of problematic internet use and family violence. Results: The results indicate that family communication was significantly and negatively related to family violence (β = -.494, p < 0.001), problematic internet use (β = -.056, p <.05), depression (β = -.076, p <.01), and anxiety (β = -.071, p <.05). And the finds also indicate that family violence mediated the relationships between family communication and depression (β = -.143, CI: -.198 -.080), and between family communication and anxiety (β = -.141; CI: -.198 -.074). Chain indirect effects between family communication and depression (β = -.051; CI: -.081 -.030) or anxiety (β = -.046; CI: -.080 -.043) via family violence and then through problematic internet use were also found in the present study. Conclusions: In conclusion, positive family communication is crucial in reducing anxiety and depression in adolescents. Moreover, problematic internet use and family violence mediate the effects of positive family communication on anxiety and depression. Therefore, improving family communication and promoting interventions aimed at reducing family violence and problematic internet use can help reduce anxiety and depression in adolescents, thus promoting their healthy development. © 2023, BioMed Central Ltd., part of Springer Nature. KW - Adolescence KW - Anxiety KW - Depression KW - Family relations KW - Family violence KW - Internet use KW - Adolescent KW - Anxiety KW - Communication KW - Cross-Sectional Studies KW - Depression KW - Humans KW - Internet Use KW - adolescent KW - anxiety KW - cross-sectional study KW - depression KW - human KW - internet use KW - interpersonal communication PB - BioMed Central Ltd SN - 14712458 (ISSN) C2 - 37679728 LA - English J2 - BMC Public Health M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 0; Correspondence Address: M.-M. Jiang; School of Public Affairs, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 422 Simingnan Road, Siming District, China; email: jiangmm@stu.xmu.edu.cn; Y.-B. Wu; School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China; email: bjmuwuyibo@outlook.com ER - TY - JOUR AU - Liu, S. AU - Wang, X. AU - Zou, S. AU - Wu, X. TI - Adolescent problematic Internet use and parental involvement: The chain mediating effects of parenting stress and parental expectations across early, middle, and late adolescence PY - 2022 T2 - Family Process VL - 61 IS - 4 SP - 1696 EP - 1714 DO - 10.1111/famp.12757 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85124533199&doi=10.1111%2ffamp.12757&partnerID=40&md5=5152e75057db638fdb93d7a006ed7c80 AD - Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education (Beijing Normal University), Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China AD - Department of Psychology, School of Education Science, Hunan Normal University, Hunan, Changsha, China AB - Problematic Internet use (PIU), a common phenomenon, has negative effects on adolescents, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Adolescents with PIU pose great challenges to parenting. However, little is known about the mediating mechanisms underlying this relationship. The study examines the chain mediating roles of parenting stress and parental expectations between PIU and parental involvement across early, middle, and late adolescence. Families (N = 1206) that included fathers, mothers, and adolescents (48.9% females, Mage = 13.86 ± 2.48) participated in the study. Adolescents provided a rating of PIU, and fathers and mothers reported their own parenting stress, parental expectations, and parental involvement. The results showed that paternal parenting stress and then expectations mediated the association between PIU and paternal involvement, and maternal parenting stress and then expectations mediated the association between PIU and maternal involvement, indicating a spillover effect. By contrast, the crossover effect was established only in that maternal parenting stress was negatively related to paternal expectations in middle adolescents. Moreover, maternal expectations showed the strongest association with maternal involvement in middle adolescents, whereas paternal expectations were most associated with paternal involvement in late adolescents. These findings underline the necessity of understanding parenting by assessing adolescent developmental stages and paternal and maternal parenting separately. Furthermore, the mediators of parenting stress and parental expectations can be the focus on facilitating parental involvement; the effect of maternal parenting stress on paternal expectations may suggest that intervention programs for fathers should consider more contextual factors. © 2022 Family Process Institute. KW - adolescent developmental difference KW - parental expectations KW - parental involvement KW - parenting stress KW - problematic internet use KW - Adolescent KW - Child KW - COVID-19 KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Internet Use KW - Male KW - Mothers KW - Pandemics KW - Parents KW - adolescent KW - child KW - child parent relation KW - female KW - human KW - male KW - mother KW - pandemic PB - John Wiley and Sons Inc SN - 00147370 (ISSN) C2 - 35132622 LA - English J2 - Fam. Process M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 6; Correspondence Address: X. Wu; Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, No.19, Xinjiekouwai St, Haidian District, 100875, China; email: xcwu@bnu.edu.cn; CODEN: FAPRA ER - TY - JOUR AU - Machimbarrena, J.M. AU - Calvete, E. AU - Fernández-González, L. AU - Álvarez-Bardón, A. AU - Álvarez-Fernández, L. AU - González-Cabrera, J. TI - Internet risks: An overview of victimization in cyberbullying, cyber dating abuse, sexting, online grooming and problematic internet use PY - 2018 T2 - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health VL - 15 IS - 11 C7 - 2471 DO - 10.3390/ijerph15112471 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85056285627&doi=10.3390%2fijerph15112471&partnerID=40&md5=e05f50231a19c437bcb75f60ccc11484 AD - Faculty of Education, International University of la Rioja (UNIR), Avenida de la Paz, 137, Logroño, 26006, La Rioja, Spain AD - Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Deusto, Unibertsitate Etorb., 24, Bilbao, 48007, Bizkaia, Spain AB - The advance of digital media has created risks that affect the bio-psycho-social well-being of adolescents. Some of these risks are cyberbullying, cyber dating abuse, sexting, online grooming and problematic Internet use. These risks have been studied individually or through associations of some of them but they have not been explored conjointly. The main objective is to determine the comorbidity between the described Internet risks and to identify the profiles of victimized adolescents. An analytical and cross-sectional study with 3212 participants (46.3% males) from 22 Spanish schools was carried out. Mean age was 13.92 ± 1.44 years (range 11–21). Assessment tools with adequate standards of reliability and validity were used. The main results indicate that the most prevalent single risk is cyberbullying victimization (30.27%). The most prevalent two-risk associations are cyberbullying-online grooming (12.61%) and cyberbullying-sexting (5.79%). The three-risk combination of cyberbullying-sexting-grooming (7.12%) is highlighted, while 5.49% of the adolescents present all the risks. In addition, four profiles are distinguished, with the profile Sexualized risk behaviour standing out, with high scores in grooming and sexting and low scores in the rest of the risks. Determining the comorbidity of risks is useful for clinical and educational interventions, as it can provide information about additional risks. © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. KW - Adolescence KW - Cyber dating abuse KW - Cyberbullying KW - Grooming KW - Internet risks KW - Polyvictimization KW - Prevalence KW - Problematic internet use KW - Sexting KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Animals KW - Child KW - Crime Victims KW - Cross-Sectional Studies KW - Cyberbullying KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Internet KW - Interpersonal Relations KW - Male KW - Prevalence KW - Reproducibility of Results KW - Risk KW - Schools KW - Young Adult KW - abuse KW - adolescent KW - adolescent behavior KW - Article KW - child KW - clinical assessment tool KW - comorbidity KW - controlled study KW - criminal behavior KW - cross-sectional study KW - cyberbullying KW - female KW - grooming KW - health education KW - health hazard KW - human KW - information processing KW - internet addiction KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - online dating KW - prevalence KW - reliability KW - risk assessment KW - school child KW - scoring system KW - sexting KW - Spain KW - validity KW - victim KW - adult KW - animal KW - crime victim KW - human relation KW - Internet KW - reproducibility KW - risk KW - school KW - young adult PB - MDPI SN - 16617827 (ISSN) C2 - 30400659 LA - English J2 - Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 139; Correspondence Address: J. González-Cabrera; Faculty of Education, International University of la Rioja (UNIR), Logroño, Avenida de la Paz, 137, 26006, Spain; email: joaquin.gonzalez@unir.net ER - TY - JOUR AU - Park, M.-H. AU - Park, S. AU - Jung, K.-I. AU - Kim, J.I. AU - Cho, S.C. AU - Kim, B.-N. TI - Moderating effects of depressive symptoms on the relationship between problematic use of the Internet and sleep problems in Korean adolescents PY - 2018 T2 - BMC Psychiatry VL - 18 IS - 1 C7 - 280 DO - 10.1186/s12888-018-1865-x UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85052950244&doi=10.1186%2fs12888-018-1865-x&partnerID=40&md5=bfe2d34e3cc3b91a565b46fe0fc3f7a5 AD - The Catholic University of Korea, Department of Psychiatry, St. Paul's Hospital, College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea AD - National Center for Mental Health, Seoul, South Korea AD - Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Department of Public Medical Services, Bundang, Sungnam-Si, South Korea AD - Korea Armed Forces Capital Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Bundang, South Korea AD - Seoul National University College of Medicine, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, 101 Daehak-No, Chongno-Gu, Seoul, South Korea AB - Background: Adolescence is a period of marked sleep pattern changes and sleep problems, which may result from both endogenous and exogenous factors. Among the various factors affecting adolescent sleep, depression and problematic Internet use (PIU) have received considerable attention. We examined if there is a different PIU effect on sleep between depressed group and non-depressed groups. Methods: Data for a total of 766 students' between 7th and 11th grades were analyzed. We assessed various variables related sleep to problems and depression and compared those variables between an adolescent group with problematic Internet use (PIUG) and an adolescent group with normal Internet use (NIUG). Results: One hundred fifty two participants were classified as PIUG, and 614 were classified as NIUG. Compared with the NIUG, the members of the PIUG were more prone to insomnia, excessive daytime sleepiness and sleep-wake behavior problems. The PIUG also tended to include more evening types than the NIUG. Interestingly, the effect of Internet use problems on sleep problems appeared to be different according to the presence or absence of the moderating effect of depression. When we considered the moderating effect of depression, the effect of Internet use problems on sleep-wake behavior problems, insomnia and excessive daytime sleepiness increased with increasing Young's Internet Addiction Scale (IAS) scores in the non-depressed group. However, in the depressed group, the effects of Internet use problems on sleep-wake behavior problems and insomnia did not change with increasing Internet use problems, and the effect of Internet use problems on excessive daytime sleepiness was relatively decreased with increasing Internet use problems in the depressed group. Conclusions: This study demonstrated that the effect of PIU on sleep presented differently between the depressed and non-depressed groups. PIU is associated with poorer sleep in non-depressed adolescents but not in depressed adolescents. This finding might be observed because PIU may be the biggest contributor to sleep problems in the problematic Internet user without depression, but in the problematic Internet user with depression, depression might be a more important contributor to sleep problems; thus, the influence of PIU on sleep effect might be diluted. © 2018 The Author(s). KW - Depression KW - Excessive daytime sleepiness KW - Insomnia KW - Sleep-wake rhythm KW - Adolescent KW - Adolescent Behavior KW - Behavior, Addictive KW - Child KW - Cross-Sectional Studies KW - Depression KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Internet KW - Male KW - Republic of Korea KW - Sleep Wake Disorders KW - Students KW - adolescent KW - adolescent depression KW - Article KW - controlled study KW - daytime somnolence KW - disease association KW - female KW - high risk population KW - human KW - insomnia KW - internet addiction KW - Korean (people) KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - mental disease assessment KW - risk assessment KW - sleep disorder KW - sleep quality KW - sleep time KW - sleep waking cycle KW - Young Internet Addiction Scale KW - addiction KW - adolescent behavior KW - child KW - cross-sectional study KW - depression KW - Internet KW - psychology KW - sleep disorder KW - South Korea KW - student KW - trends PB - BioMed Central Ltd. SN - 1471244X (ISSN) C2 - 30180824 LA - English J2 - BMC Psychiatry M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 23; Correspondence Address: B.-N. Kim; Seoul National University College of Medicine, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Seoul, 101 Daehak-No, Chongno-Gu, South Korea; email: kbn1@snu.ac.kr; CODEN: BPMSC ER - TY - JOUR AU - Carvalho, F. AU - Vilaça, J. AU - Carvalho, A.L. AU - Pontes, T. AU - Carvalho, S. TI - Sleep quality and bullying-prevalence in a cohort of Portuguese students PY - 2022 T2 - International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health VL - 34 IS - 4 SP - 163 EP - 169 DO - 10.1515/ijamh-2020-0018 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85087003290&doi=10.1515%2fijamh-2020-0018&partnerID=40&md5=25c147b4e7ee919a5f123034bfd46910 AD - Pediatrics Department of Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal AD - Unit of Adolescent Medicine in Pediatrics, Department of Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal AB - Objectives: The involvement of adolescents in violent behaviors is becoming an important public health problem that is concerning physicians as it is associated with a decrease in adult life quality. In this context, bullying is a type of aggressive behavior that occurs repeatedly in interpersonal relationship where power imbalance exists increasing the risk of physical and psychosocial problems in all its intervenient. Prevalence of bullying in Portuguese adolescents is estimated to be ranging from 16.2 to 27.5%. Sleep disorders are a well-known problem related to bullying situations, either as a consequence or a risk factor; estimated prevalence in adolescence is 25% worldwide. In the present study we aimed to investigate the association between sleep quality and the involvement in school bullying in Portuguese adolescents in two high schools. Methods: Data collected from a cross-sectional survey addressing questions on bullying behaviors and sleep quality was analyzed using SPSS 22.0. A two-Tailed p-value of less than 0.05 was considered significant for all tests. Results: We have included 171 adolescents, mean age of 14.39 ± 1.149 years, 59.6% were boys; prevalence of bullying behaviors was 28.1%. Among the students 15.2% were identified as "pure victims", 8.8% as "pure bullies", 4.1% as "bully-victims"and 71.9% as "neutrals". "Pure bullies"and "bully-victims"present higher Athens Insomina Scale (AIS) scores (p = 0.004) and higher prevalence of insomnia (p = 0.004). The prevalence of insomnia was significantly higher in the group involved in bullying behaviors comparing with the neutrals (58.3% vs 30%, p = 0.001). We verified that 65.4% of the reported bullying situations took place inside the school and 8.8% of those teachers did nothing to help the victim and in 17.5% school staff took the same attitude. Conclusions: We found a prevalence of bullying behaviors higher than the one reported in previous studies and a prevalence of insomnia of 38.0%, proving that bullying and sleep disturbances are two major problems in adolescence which may increase future risk for psychiatric symptoms, involvement in criminal activities, hyperactive, and inattentive behaviors. We verified a strong relation between insomnia and involvement in bullying situations with those who are involved reporting difficulties in sleep induction. The group of "bully-victims"was identified as potentially being the one with the most troubled adolescents since they combine characteristics of both bullies and victims. The authors conclude that there should be an investment in school-based interventions that help recognize and reduce school bullying and change lifestyle behaviors that may negatively influence adolescents' development. © 2020 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston. KW - adolescence KW - bullying KW - cyberbullying KW - gambling KW - insomnia KW - problematic internet use KW - sexting KW - sleep quality PB - De Gruyter Open Ltd SN - 03340139 (ISSN) C2 - 32549176 LA - English J2 - Int. J. Adolesc. Med. Health M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 8; Correspondence Address: F. Carvalho; Pediatrics Department of Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal; email: fsgc_carvalho@hotmail.com; CODEN: IJAHE ER - TY - JOUR AU - Rial, A. AU - Golpe, S. AU - Isorna, M. AU - Braña, T. AU - Gómez, P. TI - Minors and problematic Internet use: Evidence for better prevention PY - 2018 T2 - Computers in Human Behavior VL - 87 SP - 140 EP - 145 DO - 10.1016/j.chb.2018.05.030 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85049324985&doi=10.1016%2fj.chb.2018.05.030&partnerID=40&md5=e0db2811e69a5f7be6dfc52a22b52744 AD - Consumer and User Psychology Unit, Faculty of Psychology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain AD - Department of Psycho-socio-educational Analysis and Intervention, Faculty of Education Sciences, University of Vigo, Ourense, Spain AB - The expansion of ICT has contributed to the emergence of a new issue of increasing importance: problematic Internet use. Addressing this phenomenon comes with the understanding that it is not isolated from other online risky behaviors or other common problems in adolescence, such as substance use. This suggests the desirability in identifying common factors that can guide preventive work. This empirical study based on a sample of 3772 Spanish adolescents aged between 12 and 17 years has allowed: a) to verify that the use of Internet and social networking sites is widespread; b) to demonstrate that problematic Internet use is associated with different online risky practices (contacting strangers, sexting, online gambling …), as well as substance use, and c) to identify personal variables related to problematic Internet use and online risky behaviors. The results obtained emphasize the relevance of relying on a transversal approach to prevention, based on values and life skills education. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd KW - Adolescents KW - Alcohol and other drugs use KW - Online risky behaviors KW - Personal variables KW - Prevention KW - Problematic internet use KW - Human computer interaction KW - Adolescents KW - Personal variables KW - Prevention KW - Problematic Internet use KW - Risky behaviors KW - Behavioral research PB - Elsevier Ltd SN - 07475632 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Comput. Hum. Behav. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 24; Correspondence Address: P. Gómez; Consumer and User Psychology Unit, Faculty of Psychology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain; email: patricia.gomez@usc.es; CODEN: CHBEE ER - TY - JOUR AU - Musetti, A. AU - Corsano, P. AU - Boursier, V. AU - Schimmenti, A. TI - Problematic internet use in lonely adolescents: The mediating role of detachment from parents PY - 2020 T2 - Clinical Neuropsychiatry VL - 17 IS - 1 SP - 3 EP - 10 DO - 10.36131/clinicalnpsych20200101 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85084502723&doi=10.36131%2fclinicalnpsych20200101&partnerID=40&md5=82af4c19eaa15e05a95764935738be0a AD - Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Industries, University of Parma, Borgo Carissimi 10, Parma, 43121, Italy AD - Department of Humanities, University of Naples “Federico II”, via Porta di Massa 1, Napoli, 80133, Italy AD - Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, UKE-Kore University of Enna, Cittadella Universitaria, Enna, 94100, Italy AB - Objective: The relationship between Problematic Internet Use (PIU) and loneliness in adolescence is a disputed issue. In the current study, we explored whether the relationship between loneliness and PIU in adolescence is mediated by detachment from parents. Method: A community sample of 356 adolescents completed self-report questionnaires assessing Internet addiction symptoms, peer-and parent-related loneliness, and detachment from parents. Linear regression and mediation analyses were performed to explore the role of loneliness and detachment from parents in predicting PIU. Results: Peer-related loneliness positively predicted PIU, whereas detachment from parents fully mediated the association between parent-related loneliness and PIU. Conclusions: Multidimensional assessment of subjective solitary experience is needed to explain the relationship between loneliness and PIU in adolescence. This is in line with previous research on adolescents’ PIU, suggesting that peer-related loneliness is more strictly related with maladjustment, whereas parent-related loneliness is maladaptive in the context of a lack of parental support. © Clinical Neuropsychiatry. KW - Adolescence KW - Detachment KW - Loneliness KW - Problematic internet use KW - adolescent KW - Article KW - assessment of humans KW - child parent relation KW - Emotional Autonomy Scale KW - female KW - human KW - internet addiction KW - Internet Addiction Test KW - Likert scale KW - loneliness KW - Loneliness and Aloneness Scale for Children and Adolescents KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - parental detachment KW - questionnaire KW - scoring system KW - self report PB - Giovanni Fioriti Editore SN - 17244935 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Clin. Neuropsychiatry M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 27; Correspondence Address: A. Musetti; Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Industries, University of Parma, Parma, Borgo Carissimi 10, 43121, Italy; email: alessandro.musetti@unipr.it ER - TY - JOUR AU - Do, K.-Y. AU - Lee, K.-S. TI - Relationship between problematic internet use, sleep problems, and oral health in Korean adolescents: A national survey PY - 2018 T2 - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health VL - 15 IS - 9 C7 - 1870 DO - 10.3390/ijerph15091870 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85052628932&doi=10.3390%2fijerph15091870&partnerID=40&md5=6d396a5ff3dfde8768f6daa2635c1808 AD - Department of Public Health, Graduate School, The Catholic University of Korea, 222 Banpo-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul, 06591, South Korea AD - Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 222 Banpo-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul, 06591, South Korea AB - We examined the relationship between Problematic Internet Use (PIU), sleep (sleep satisfaction, sleep duration), and experience of oral disease symptoms in Korean adolescents by gender. This cross-sectional study utilized the 6th (2010) Korean Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey. Participants comprised 74,980 students from 400 middle schools and 400 high schools nationwide. Among these, 73,238 students from 799 schools (38,391 boys, 34,847 girls, aged 13–18 years) were included in the analysis (inclusion rate = 97.7%). Multiple logistic regression and analysis of moment structures (AMOS) analyses were performed to identify meaningful relationships between the three factors. The “high risk group” of problematic internet usage had increased experience of oral disease symptoms (boys: adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 1.92, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.63–2.28, girls: AOR = 1.98, 95% CI = 1.50–2.63) compared to the general group. Boys who used the Internet for “5–6 h” had a higher risk of oral disease symptoms compared to those who used it for “less than 1 h” (OR = 1.24, 95% CI = 1.01–1.53); however, this difference was not significant in Models II and III. For girls, the risk of 5–6 h of use (Model I: OR = 1.69, 95% CI = 1.40–2.04) was higher than that of the boys. In addition, the difference was significant in Models II and III for girl students who used the Internet for 5–6 h. In subgroup analysis, the high-risk group had a higher odds ratio for mild symptoms of bad breath to severe symptoms such as sore and bleeding gums. In addition, in the path analysis, PIU affected sleep and indirectly affected oral health. Direct and indirect causal relationships between the three factors were confirmed. Therefore, it is important to recognize that PIU can have a detrimental effect on mental, physical, and oral health. © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. KW - Adolescents KW - Korea KW - Korean youth risk behavior web-based survey KW - Oral health KW - Problematic internet use KW - Sleep KW - Adolescent KW - Cross-Sectional Studies KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Internet KW - Logistic Models KW - Male KW - Odds Ratio KW - Oral Health KW - Republic of Korea KW - Risk-Taking KW - Sex Factors KW - Sleep Wake Disorders KW - Surveys and Questionnaires KW - Korea KW - gender relations KW - health risk KW - health survey KW - Internet KW - oral health KW - risk factor KW - sleep KW - young population KW - adolescence KW - adolescent KW - adult KW - Article KW - cross-sectional study KW - disease association KW - female KW - gingiva bleeding KW - halitosis KW - high risk population KW - human KW - internet addiction KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - mouth disease KW - mouth pain KW - risk factor KW - sex difference KW - sleep disorder KW - sleep time KW - South Korea KW - health KW - high risk behavior KW - Internet KW - odds ratio KW - questionnaire KW - sex factor KW - sleep disorder KW - statistical model KW - statistics and numerical data PB - MDPI SN - 16617827 (ISSN) C2 - 30158492 LA - English J2 - Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 30; Correspondence Address: K.-S. Lee; Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, 222 Banpo-daero, Seocho-gu, 06591, South Korea; email: leekangs@catholic.ac.kr ER - TY - JOUR AU - Lan, X. AU - Wang, W. TI - Parental attachment and problematic internet use among chinese adolescents: The moderating role of gender and grit PY - 2020 T2 - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health VL - 17 IS - 23 C7 - 8933 SP - 1 EP - 13 DO - 10.3390/ijerph17238933 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85096960406&doi=10.3390%2fijerph17238933&partnerID=40&md5=281ee45dc4b3db09203f50eabfb3bab8 AD - Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China AB - Problematic Internet use (PIU) is currently becoming a more serious public health concern, representing a deleterious effect on adolescent adaptive emotional and behavioral patterns. Given the prevalence of PIU and its deleterious impact on adolescents’ optimal functioning, it is valuable to investigate the risk and protective factors of PIU. Guided by a socio-ecological framework, the current study examines the associations of paternal attachment and maternal attachment with PIU among Chinese adolescents. Furthermore, this study investigates whether adolescents’ gender and grit moderate this association. A total of 2677 Chinese adolescents (56.5% girls; Mage = 15.56; SD = 1.57) was involved in this study. Adolescents were uniformly instructed to complete a battery of self-reported questionnaires. The results of linear regression analyses showed that paternal attachment and maternal attachment security were negatively related to PIU. Moreover, moderation analyses revealed that higher levels of grit buffered against boys’ PIU in the context of paternal attachment security and girls’ PIU in the context of paternal attachment insecurity. The current study suggests that parental attachment security plays an important role in mitigating the likelihood of Chinese adolescents’ PIU. Moreover, the buffering role of grit in PIU varies by the levels of paternal attachment security, depending on the adolescents’ gender. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. KW - Chinese adolescents KW - Gender KW - Grit KW - Parental attachment KW - Problematic Internet use KW - Adolescent KW - Adolescent Behavior KW - Asian Continental Ancestry Group KW - Behavior, Addictive KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Internet KW - Internet Use KW - Male KW - Protective Factors KW - China KW - adolescence KW - gender role KW - Internet KW - mental health KW - public health KW - risk factor KW - social network KW - adolescent KW - adolescent behavior KW - Article KW - Chinese KW - conceptual framework KW - controlled study KW - distress syndrome KW - DSM-IV KW - emotional attachment KW - executive function KW - female KW - Grit Scale KW - human KW - informed consent KW - internet addiction KW - linear regression analysis KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - parental behavior KW - patient monitoring KW - probability KW - psychological well-being KW - psychometry KW - questionnaire KW - rating scale KW - self report KW - sex difference KW - social status KW - socialization KW - addiction KW - adolescent behavior KW - Asian continental ancestry group KW - Internet KW - protection PB - MDPI AG SN - 16617827 (ISSN) C2 - 33271793 LA - English J2 - Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 8; Correspondence Address: W. Wang; Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China; email: psychao@bnu.edu.cn ER - TY - JOUR AU - Yudes, C. AU - Rey, L. AU - Extremera, N. TI - Adolescent cyberbullies and problematic internet use: The protective role of core self-evaluations ST - Adolescentes ciberacosadores y uso problemático de internet: El papel protector de las autovaloraciones centrales PY - 2021 T2 - Revista Espanola de Pedagogia VL - 79 IS - 279 SP - 231 EP - 248 DO - 10.22550/REP79-2-2021-07 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85108624105&doi=10.22550%2fREP79-2-2021-07&partnerID=40&md5=343d33a1fb856dde05d6a875da78f274 AD - Universidad de Málaga, Spain AB - Cyberbullying is a growing problem in con-temporary society. Although the risk factors are widely studied, there has been little research focussed on the personal resources that might help prevent or reduce it. This study aimed to analyse whether core self-evaluations can mod-erate the relationship between problematic internet use and cyberbullying. The participants were 456 cyberbullies aged between 12 and 18 (mean age: 15.01; SD = 1.44), extracted from an initial sample of 2085 young people. We used three self-report measures as measurement in-struments (cyberbullying perpetration: ECIP-Q; problematic internet use: IAT; core self-evalua-tions: CSE). The results show that cyberbullying perpetration relates positively to problematic internet use and negatively to CSE. The moderation analysis highlighted the protective role of CSE only when the level of problematic internet use was not very high. These results highlight the need to implement measures at early ages to prevent problematic internet use and cyber-bullying in which working on positive personal resources is of key importance. It concludes that this problem requires comprehensive models that are broader than those currently existing, which in addition to risk factors take into con-sideration personal, familiar, and contextual factors that can provide protection. © 2021, Universidad Internacional de la Rioja. All rights reserved. KW - Adolescence KW - Cyberbullying KW - Digital settings KW - Emotional education KW - Protective factors KW - Risk factors PB - Universidad Internacional de la Rioja SN - 00349461 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Rev. Esp. Pedagog. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 2 ER - TY - JOUR AU - Cacioppo, M. AU - Barni, D. AU - Correale, C. AU - Mangialavori, S. AU - Danioni, F. AU - Gori, A. TI - Do Attachment Styles and Family Functioning Predict Adolescents’ Problematic Internet Use? A Relative Weight Analysis PY - 2019 T2 - Journal of Child and Family Studies VL - 28 IS - 5 SP - 1263 EP - 1271 DO - 10.1007/s10826-019-01357-0 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85061578380&doi=10.1007%2fs10826-019-01357-0&partnerID=40&md5=6207c2ecdfe692c0b91c0b10eb3b5dc9 AD - Department of Human Sciences, LUMSA University of Rome, Piazza delle Vaschette, 101, Rome, 00193, Italy AD - Family Studies and Research University Centre, Catholic University of Milan, Milan, Italy AB - Objectives: The increased use of Internet in the last decade has led to problematic behaviour that can affect people’s individual and social functioning, especially among younger individuals. This study aimed to explore the relation between problematic Internet use (PIU), attachment style, and perception of family functioning in adolescence. Methods: Participants were 306 Italian adolescents (62.7% females and 37.3% males) aged from 15 to 18 years (M = 16.07, SD = 0.91). Participants completed the following measures: the Young’s Internet Addiction Test (Y-IAT), the Relationship Questionnaire (RQ), and the Family Assessment Device (FAD). Results: The results of regression and relative weight analyses showed that family functioning and attachment styles were important predictors of adolescent PIU. In particular, a greater perception of family members as being interested in and placing value on each other’s activities and concerns (i.e., affective involvement) and a greater perception that tasks were clearly and equitably assigned to family members (i.e., roles) were associated with less PIU. In contrast, a greater anxious-preoccupied attachment was associated with a greater risk of PIU. Conclusions: In line with these results, it would be recommendable the development of family-focused prevention programs for all adolescents at risk of PIU before they develop a full Internet addiction. Further research on this topic is needed to develop a specific, autonomous, and comprehensive diagnostic process for PIU to avoid conceptual and treatment overlap between PIU and other kinds of addictive behaviors. © 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. KW - Addiction KW - Adolescents KW - Attachment styles KW - Family functioning KW - Problematic internet use PB - Springer New York LLC SN - 10621024 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - J. Child Fam. Stud. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 43; Correspondence Address: A. Gori; Department of Human Sciences, LUMSA University of Rome, Rome, Piazza delle Vaschette, 101, 00193, Italy; email: gori.alessio@gmail.com ER - TY - JOUR AU - Hsieh, Y.-P. AU - Wu, C.-F. AU - Chou, W.-J. AU - Yen, C.-F. TI - Multidimensional correlates of parental self-efficacy in managing adolescent internet use among parents of adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder PY - 2020 T2 - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health VL - 17 IS - 16 C7 - 5768 SP - 1 EP - 13 DO - 10.3390/ijerph17165768 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85089408142&doi=10.3390%2fijerph17165768&partnerID=40&md5=8175fd451a7afbb930a0ace0b6e2d25c AD - Department of Social Work, College of Nursing and Professional Disciplines, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, 58202, ND, United States AD - Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan AD - College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, 33302, Taiwan AD - Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical Center, Kaohsiung, 83301, Taiwan AD - Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan AB - Given the growing concerns of problematic Internet use and online safety, it is critical to address parental self-efficacy in managing adolescent Internet use and to examine associated factors, especially in parents of adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). We examined the roles of adolescents’ hyperactivity/impulsivity, inattention and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) symptoms, parents’ depressive symptoms, parenting behavior (parental care and indifference), and child behavior (Internet addiction) in relation to parental self-efficacy in managing adolescent Internet use. We recruited 237 Taiwanese parents of adolescents with ADHD (ages 11–18). Hierarchical linear regression was performed in four steps to test the study hypotheses. The results indicated that child’s age, ODD symptoms, and Internet addiction of adolescents were negatively associated, and parental care was positively associated with parental self-efficacy in managing adolescent Internet use. The final model was significant and explained 43% of the variance. The present study demonstrated that parenting and child behaviors contribute to parental self-efficacy in managing adolescent Internet use. Moreover, children’s ODD symptoms were identified as the risk factor for reduced parental self-efficacy. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. KW - ADHD KW - Adolescents’ Internet use KW - Depressive symptoms KW - Internet addiction KW - Parental self-efficacy KW - Parenting KW - Adolescent KW - Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders KW - Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity KW - Child KW - Humans KW - Internet KW - Parenting KW - Parents KW - Self Efficacy KW - Taiwan KW - adolescence KW - child care KW - Internet KW - mental disorder KW - parental care KW - public health KW - risk factor KW - adolescent KW - adolescent behavior KW - adult KW - age distribution KW - Article KW - attention deficit disorder KW - attention disturbance KW - child KW - child behavior KW - clinical feature KW - correlation analysis KW - depression KW - female KW - human KW - hyperactivity KW - impulsiveness KW - internet addiction KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - oppositional defiant disorder KW - parental attitude KW - risk assessment KW - risk factor KW - school child KW - self concept KW - symptomatology KW - Taiwanese KW - university hospital KW - young adult KW - child parent relation KW - Internet PB - MDPI AG SN - 16617827 (ISSN) C2 - 32784989 LA - English J2 - Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 5; Correspondence Address: W.-J. Chou; College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, 33302, Taiwan; email: wjchouoe2@gmail.com; W.-J. Chou; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical Center, Kaohsiung, 83301, Taiwan; email: wjchouoe2@gmail.com; C.-F. Yen; Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan; email: chfaye@cc.kmu.edu.tw; C.-F. Yen; Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan; email: chfaye@cc.kmu.edu.tw ER - TY - JOUR AU - Isorna, M. AU - Feijóo, S. AU - Mora-Salgueiro, J. AU - Braña, T. AU - Gómez, P. AU - Rial, A. TI - ADOLESCENTS, ONLINE GAMBLING, PROBLEMATIC INTERNET USE AND SUBSTANCE CONSUMPTION PY - 2022 T2 - Health and Addictions / Salud y Drogas VL - 22 IS - 2 SP - 255 EP - 266 DO - 10.21134/haaj.v22i2.702 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85136657127&doi=10.21134%2fhaaj.v22i2.702&partnerID=40&md5=68fab8f6067885f84d2d2cda57065251 AD - Universidad de Vigo, Vigo, Spain AD - Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain AB - Recent research has warned of the growing participation of minors in online gambling, an illegal behaviour with an enormous addictive potential. The present study was proposed with a double objective: (1) having updated data about online gambling among adolescents and, (2) analysing its relationship with substance use and Problematic Internet Use [PIU]. For this purpose, a sample of 3188 Spanish adolescents between 12 and 17 years of age (Mean=14.44; SD=1.67) was gathered, to whom was applied an ad hoc questionnaire with items regarding their internet use and substance consumption, as well as specific screening instruments (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test -AUDIT-, Cannabis Abuse Screening Test -CAST-, the Substance Use and Abuse subscale of the Problem Oriented Screening Instrument for Teenagers -POSITuas-, and the Problematic Internet Use Scale for Adolescents-PIUSa-). The results showed that 8.4% of the sample had participated in online gambling during the prior year. It was also found that those who gambled on the Internet had higher rates of PIU and different online risky behaviours, as well as higher rates of substance consumption. Therefore, these are not isolated problems, making it necessary to employ an integral preventive approach to address them. © 2022 Instituto de Investigacion de Drogodependencias. All rights reserved. KW - Adolescence KW - Online Gambling KW - Problematic Internet Use KW - Substance Use PB - Instituto de Investigacion de Drogodependencias SN - 15785319 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Health addict. Salud Drogas M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 0 ER - TY - JOUR AU - Ortega-Barón, J. AU - Machimbarrena, J.M. AU - Montiel, I. AU - Buelga, S. AU - Basterra-González, A. AU - González-Cabrera, J. TI - Design and Validation of the Brief Self Online Scale (SO-8) in Early Adolescence: An Exploratory Study PY - 2021 T2 - Journal of Early Adolescence VL - 41 IS - 7 SP - 1055 EP - 1071 DO - 10.1177/0272431620978539 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85097788474&doi=10.1177%2f0272431620978539&partnerID=40&md5=f5e92d2094e8390e6202858700980a2a AD - Universidad Internacional de la Rioja, Logroño, Spain AD - University of the Basque Country, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain AD - University of Valencia, Spain AB - For the Z-Generation, the Internet has become a very important experimentation laboratory for the discovery and validation of their identity. Despite the importance of the process of building the self in the adolescent, there are hardly any validated instruments that measure the self online. The aim of this research was to design and validate the Brief Self Online Scale (SO-8). A total of 843 students (384 boys, 45.6%), with an age range of 10 to 14 years participated. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) confirmed the hypothesized model of two correlated factors (Online Self-Perception and Online Idealized Projection), previously obtained through exploratory factor analysis (EFA). The reliability coefficients of Self Online dimensions were adequate. Indicators of convergent validity were obtained, finding significant correlations with self-concept, problematic Internet use, and online emotional intelligence. The SO-8 has adequate psychometric properties to be considered a reliable and valid tool to measure the construct of the Self Online in adolescents. © The Author(s) 2020. KW - gender/gender differences KW - identity KW - measurement/validation KW - self-concept PB - SAGE Publications Inc. SN - 02724316 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - J. Early Adolesc. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 3; Correspondence Address: J. González-Cabrera; Universidad Internacional de la Rioja, Logroño, Spain; email: joaquin.gonzalez@unir.net ER - TY - JOUR AU - Zorbaz, O. AU - Zorbaz, S.D. AU - Kılıç, O.U. TI - Problematic Internet Use of Adolescents: Role of Daily Hassles and Social Isolation PY - 2020 T2 - Addicta: the Turkish Journal on Addictions VL - 7 IS - 1 SP - 41 EP - 47 DO - 10.5152/addicta.2020.190102 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85135587119&doi=10.5152%2faddicta.2020.190102&partnerID=40&md5=4514352c5031379745f65a0b3251aad9 AD - Ankara 4th Juvenile Court for Ministry of Justice, Ankara, Turkey AD - Department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance, Ordu University Faculty of Education, Ordu, Turkey AD - Department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance, Giresun University Faculty of Education, Giresun, Turkey AB - Problematic Internet use not only has negative effects on adolescents’ development and social lives but also may yield negative mental health outcomes. Taking into account that it may damage adolescents’ school and family lives, it is clear that identifying and preventing factors associated with problematic Internet use is very important on both the individual and societal levels. The purpose of the present study was to explore the associations between problematic Internet use, daily hassles, and social isolation among high school students. The study group comprised high school students from various socioeconomic levels in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. Data were collected from 371 high school students: 189 female students (51%) and 180 male students (49%). Hierarchical multiple regression analysis was used to determine variables predicting high school students’ levels of problematic Internet use. The results showed that the variables of being ignored, exclusion, and daily hassles significantly predicted high school students’ problematic Internet use. Suggestions were made in light of the current literature. © by 2020 Turkish Green Crescent Society. KW - Adolescence KW - daily hassles KW - high school KW - problematic internet use KW - social isolation PB - AVES SN - 21487286 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Addict. Turk. J. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 2; Correspondence Address: O. Zorbaz; Ankara 4th Juvenile Court for Ministry of Justice, Ankara, Turkey; email: osmanzorbaz07@gmail.com ER - TY - JOUR AU - Primi, C. AU - Fioravanti, G. AU - Casale, S. AU - Donati, M.A. TI - Measuring problematic facebook use among adolescents and young adults with the bergen facebook addiction scale: A psychometric analysis by applying item response theory PY - 2021 T2 - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health VL - 18 IS - 6 C7 - 2979 SP - 1 EP - 15 DO - 10.3390/ijerph18062979 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85102336953&doi=10.3390%2fijerph18062979&partnerID=40&md5=38c953fb5b89bd05ccb3f4fbee9a823e AD - Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug, and Child’s Health (NEUROFARBA), Section of Psychology, University of Florence, Florence, 50100, Italy AD - Department of Health Sciences, Psychology Unit, University of Florence, Florence, 50100, Italy AB - The Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS) is widely used, but psychometric evidence by applying Item Response Theory (IRT) is lacking. Considering the advantages of this psychometric approach, the aim of study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Italian version of the BFAS among adolescents and young adults. Participants were 1134 (50% males, Mean age = 20.7, SD = 3.5, range = 14–33 years) Italian high school students and undergraduates. The unidimensional-ity of the scale was confirmed (χ2/df = 2.8, CFI = 0.99, TLI = 0.98, and RMSEA = 0.04 [C.I. = 0.02–0.06]) and IRT analysis showed that the scale assesses medium and high levels of the trait, and that it is useful in order to discriminate different levels of Problematic Facebook use (PFU) within this range of trait, in which the scale is sufficiently informative. The relationships of BFAS θ scores with theoretically related constructs provided support to the validity of the scale. In accordance with previous studies, BFAS scores were positively correlated with Problematic Internet use and problematic Social Network use, negatively correlated with self-esteem, and positively related to loneliness. The Differential Item Functioning (DIF) analysis showed that BFAS is invariant across gender, and only one item had uniform and small-in-size DIF. Additionally, we tested age invariance. Since only 17% of the BFAS items were non-invariant, we determined that the BFAS exhibited minor non-invariance as a whole. An analysis of the adequacy of the polythetic and monothetic criteria to define the range of the trait indicative of problematic use was also conducted. Overall, this study offers evidence that BFAS is a valuable and useful scale for measuring high levels of PFU among Italian adolescents and young adults. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. KW - Adolescents KW - BFAS KW - DIF KW - Facebook addiction KW - Gender/age invariance KW - IRT KW - Problematic Facebook use KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Behavior, Addictive KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Italy KW - Male KW - Psychometrics KW - Social Media KW - Students KW - Young Adult KW - Italy KW - adolescence KW - age structure KW - information and communication technology KW - media role KW - mental disorder KW - mental health KW - psychology KW - social behavior KW - social network KW - young population KW - adolescent KW - adult KW - Article KW - Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale KW - controlled study KW - descriptive research KW - Differential Item Functioning analysis KW - Facebook addiction KW - female KW - high school student KW - human KW - Item Response Theory KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - psychological rating scale KW - psychometry KW - scoring system KW - self esteem KW - social media addiction KW - theory KW - undergraduate student KW - urban area KW - validity KW - young adult KW - addiction KW - Italy KW - social media KW - student PB - MDPI AG SN - 16617827 (ISSN) C2 - 33799401 LA - English J2 - Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 14; Correspondence Address: G. Fioravanti; Department of Health Sciences, Psychology Unit, University of Florence, Florence, 50100, Italy; email: giulia.fioravanti@unifi.it ER - TY - JOUR AU - Winds, K. AU - Aebi, M. AU - Plattner, B. TI - Problematic Internet Use Among Adolescent Male and Female Psychiatric Inpatients: A Gender Perspective PY - 2022 T2 - Child Psychiatry and Human Development DO - 10.1007/s10578-022-01408-6 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85137612529&doi=10.1007%2fs10578-022-01408-6&partnerID=40&md5=ed42ca998946bcf9bb0d8b9960c0e027 AD - Christian-Doppler-Clinic, University Clinics for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Paracelsus Medical University, Ignaz-Harrer-Straße 79, Salzburg, 5020, Austria AD - Department of Justice and Home Affairs, Research & Development, Corrections and Rehabilitation, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland AB - Problematic internet use (PIU) is of treatment interest in adolescent clinical samples. Gender specific differences in terms of personality traits and psychopathological symptoms remain unclear. In an adolescent clinical sample (n = 104; 69 girls) PIU, psychopathology, temperament and character traits as well as emotional and behavioral problems were assessed. 62% of the sample showed subthreshold PIU and 34% full PIU (fPIU). Boys reported more gaming whereas girls social networking. Sex specific analyses revealed gender differences: Girls with fPIU scored significantly higher on internalizing/externalizing problems/behavior, novelty seeking and transcendence, and lower on persistence, self-directedness, and cooperativeness than girls without fPIU. Boys with fPIU scored significantly higher on internalizing problems and self-transcendence and lower on harm avoidance than boys without fPIU. Gender plays an important role in PIU. Gender specific differences in both application use as well as symptomatic, temperament and character traits call for a gender specific approach in prevention and treatment integration. © 2022, The Author(s). KW - Adolescence KW - Gender KW - Personality KW - Problematic internet use KW - Temperament and character PB - Springer SN - 0009398X (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Child Psychiatry Hum. Dev. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 3; Correspondence Address: B. Plattner; Christian-Doppler-Clinic, University Clinics for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Ignaz-Harrer-Straße 79, 5020, Austria; email: belinda.plattner@pmu.ac.at; CODEN: CPHDA ER - TY - JOUR AU - Özaslan, A. AU - Yıldırım, M. AU - Güney, E. AU - Güzel, H.Ş. AU - İşeri, E. TI - Association Between Problematic Internet Use, Quality of Parent-Adolescents Relationship, Conflicts, and Mental Health Problems PY - 2022 T2 - International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction VL - 20 IS - 4 SP - 2503 EP - 2519 DO - 10.1007/s11469-021-00529-8 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85103353020&doi=10.1007%2fs11469-021-00529-8&partnerID=40&md5=be1be7c0f438aeb6044fd20827bf845f AD - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Gazi University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey AD - Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University, Ağrı, Turkey AD - Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Univesity of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom AD - Department of Psychology, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Turkey AB - Increasingly widespread use of Internet resources has facilitated the emergence of problematic Internet use (PIU) in adolescence developmental process, where significant changes occur in social, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral domains. This study examined the associations between the PIU, mental health problems, quality of parent-adolescent relationship, and adolescent-parent conflicts among adolescents. Participants were 318 adolescents (56.9% girls and 43.1% boys), whose ages ranged between 14 and 18 years, with a mean age of 15.79 (SD =0.87), enrolled in various high school programs in Ankara. Participants completed the Problematic Internet Use Scale-Adolescent, the Quality of the Parent-Adolescent Relationship, the Adolescent-Parent Conflict Scale, and the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire. Significant relationships were found between the PIU, mental health problems, quality of parent-adolescent relationship, and adolescent-parent conflicts. Correlation analysis indicated that PIU was positively related with adolescent-parent conflicts, negative quality relationship, and difficulties, while it was negatively related with disclosure, positive quality relationship, and prosocial behaviors. Adolescent-parent conflict was also positively related with negative quality relationship and negatively related with disclosure, positive quality relationship, and prosocial behaviors. Multiple regression analysis showed that excessive use and social benefit of Internet significantly predicted difficulties and adolescent-parent conflicts. Disclosure and positive quality relationship respectively predicted prosocial and adolescent-parent conflicts while negative quality relationship predicted difficulties and adolescent-parent conflict. These results elucidate our understanding of the association between the PIU, quality of parent-adolescent relationship, adolescent-parent conflict, and mental health problems. This would have important implications for prevention of the spreading of these problems. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. KW - Adolescent-parent conflict KW - Mental health problems KW - Problematic Internet use KW - Quality of parent-adolescents relationship KW - Turkish adolescents PB - Springer SN - 15571874 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Int. J. Ment. Health Addict. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 22; Correspondence Address: A. Özaslan; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Gazi University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey; email: drahmetozaslan@yahoo.com ER - TY - JOUR AU - Villanueva-Blasco, V.J. AU - García-Soidán, J.L. AU - Folgar, M.I. AU - Giráldez, V.A. TI - Association between tobacco consumption and problematic internet use and the practice of physical activity in spanish adolescents PY - 2021 T2 - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health VL - 18 IS - 10 C7 - 5464 DO - 10.3390/ijerph18105464 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85106168849&doi=10.3390%2fijerph18105464&partnerID=40&md5=f4b81077588492ee54d4e880dd4e2346 AD - Faculty of Health Sciences, Valencian International University, C/Pintor Sorolla, 21, Valencia, 46002, Spain AD - Faculty of Education and Sport Sciences, University of Vigo, Campus A Xunqueira s/n, Pontevedra, 36005, Spain AD - Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Vigo, Campus As Lagoas, Ourense, 32004, Spain AD - Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de A Coruña, A Coruña, 15008, Spain AB - The practice of physical activity (PA) is a healthy habit that offers health benefits. In contrast, the lack thereof may be associated with an increase in diseases, even at an early age. The objective of this study was to analyze the association between unhealthy behaviors, such as tobacco consumption and problematic internet use, and the practice of PA in adolescents. Protective factors (physical activity and sport) and risk factors (leading a sedentary life, tobacco use, and problematic internet use) were evaluated. Other variables such as sex, the intensity of physical activity, and being a member of a sports federation were also evaluated. The sample consisted of a total of 1222 Spanish adolescents. Univariate descriptive analysis and multiple linear regression were used, and confirmatory factor analyses and structural models were also estimated. The results confirm a significant positive association between physical activity, intensity, and being a member of a sports federation, as well as between cigarette consumption and internet use. It is advisable to implement public policies that promote the practice of sports as a direct investment in health, preventing the consumption of tobacco and other habits that are harmful to the health of adolescents. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. KW - Adolescence KW - Health KW - Internet KW - Physical activity KW - Sports federation KW - Tobacco KW - Adolescent KW - Exercise KW - Humans KW - Internet KW - Internet Use KW - Sports KW - Surveys and Questionnaires KW - Tobacco Use KW - Spain KW - Nicotiana tabacum KW - health impact KW - Internet KW - lifestyle KW - physical activity KW - risk factor KW - smoking KW - sport KW - tobacco KW - young population KW - adolescent KW - Article KW - confirmatory factor analysis KW - controlled study KW - cross-sectional study KW - female KW - habit KW - health hazard KW - human KW - internet use KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - multiple linear regression analysis KW - physical activity KW - public policy KW - risk factor KW - sedentary lifestyle KW - Spaniard KW - sport KW - tobacco consumption KW - tobacco use KW - univariate analysis KW - epidemiology KW - exercise KW - Internet KW - questionnaire KW - sport PB - MDPI AG SN - 16617827 (ISSN) C2 - 34065308 LA - English J2 - Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 2; Correspondence Address: M.I. Folgar; Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Vigo, Ourense, Campus As Lagoas, 32004, Spain; email: isorna.catoira@uvigo.es ER - TY - JOUR AU - Otsuka, Y. AU - Kaneita, Y. AU - Itani, O. AU - Matsumoto, Y. AU - Jike, M. AU - Higuchi, S. AU - Kanda, H. AU - Kuwabara, Y. AU - Kinjo, A. AU - Osaki, Y. TI - The association between Internet usage and sleep problems among Japanese adolescents: three repeated cross-sectional studies PY - 2021 T2 - Sleep VL - 44 IS - 12 C7 - zsab175 DO - 10.1093/sleep/zsab175 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85122035026&doi=10.1093%2fsleep%2fzsab175&partnerID=40&md5=84d8b4b71a3b61c8bd5e5ff05ffd1b46 AD - Division of Public Health, Department of Social Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Itabasi-ku, Tokyo, Japan AD - National Hospital Organization Kurihama Medical and Addiction Center, Kanagawa, Yokosuka-City, Japan AD - Department of Public Health, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Okayama-City, Japan AD - Division of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Tottori, Yonago, Japan AB - Study Objectives: Sleep problems and problematic Internet use have important implications for adolescent health; however, there have been no large-scale surveys using comprehensive measures. We examined the association between Internet use duration and sleep problems among Japanese adolescents. Methods: We used data from the Lifestyle Survey of Adolescents collected in 2012, 2014, and 2017. We calculated the change in sleep status (insomnia, sleep duration, bedtime, and sleep quality) and Internet usage (screen time and services such as Internet surfing, social media use, streaming such as YouTube, and online gaming). A binary logistic model was estimated for insomnia. Generalized ordered logit models were employed for the ordinal outcomes (sleep duration, bedtime, sleep quality, and multidimensional sleep health). Sampling weights were constructed based on participation rate on survey years and selection rates from population statistics. Results: We analyzed data from 248 983 adolescents. Sleep status was unchanged; however, many adolescents used more Internet services and for longer durations. The odds ratio of Internet screen time for all sleep problems (insomnia, shorter sleep duration, later bedtime, and worse sleep quality) gradually declined. Longer Internet screen time (>5 hours) was strongly associated with all sleep problems. Internet services were also associated with sleep problems; particularly, social media use and online gaming were linked to later bedtimes. Conclusions: Despite the decreased strength in the association between Internet usage and sleep problems, longer Internet time was strongly associated with sleep problems. Public health interventions should consider Internet use as an intervention target to improve adolescents' health. © 2021 The Author(s). KW - adolescence KW - health surveys KW - insomnia KW - Internet KW - sleep KW - Adolescent KW - Cross-Sectional Studies KW - Humans KW - Internet KW - Internet Use KW - Japan KW - Sleep KW - Sleep Wake Disorders KW - Surveys and Questionnaires KW - adolescent KW - Article KW - controlled study KW - cross-sectional study KW - female KW - health survey KW - human KW - Internet KW - internet use KW - Japanese (people) KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - online game KW - screen time KW - sex difference KW - sleep disorder KW - sleep quality KW - sleep time KW - social media KW - social network KW - Internet KW - Japan KW - questionnaire KW - sleep KW - sleep disorder PB - Oxford University Press SN - 01618105 (ISSN) C2 - 34252182 LA - English J2 - Sleep M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 13; Correspondence Address: Y. Kaneita; Division of Public Health, Department of Social Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, 30-1 Oyaguchi-kamimachi, Itabasi-ku, 173-8610, Japan; email: nusmpublichealth@gmail.com; CODEN: SLEED ER - TY - JOUR AU - Gioia, F. AU - Rega, V. AU - Boursier, V. TI - Problematic internet use and emotional dysregulation among young people: A literature review PY - 2021 T2 - Clinical Neuropsychiatry VL - 18 IS - 1 SP - 41 EP - 54 DO - 10.36131/cnfioritieditore20210104 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85102429603&doi=10.36131%2fcnfioritieditore20210104&partnerID=40&md5=b1e12a9a4629686a4bcc22798ef98092 AD - Department of Humanities, University of Naples “Federico II” Via Porta di Massa, Naples, 1-80133, Italy AB - Objective: In recent years scientific interest in Internet use disorders, especially among young people, has grown dramatically. Within this contemporary research field, difficulties in regulating emotions have been increasingly explored in association with problematic Internet use (PIU). Indeed, individuals who experience difficulties in emotion regulation might be more exposed to the risk of developing PIU. Therefore, the present study aimed to review the literature from the last ten years focused on the relationship between young people’s emotional dysregulation and PIU, taking into account the main variables involved in this relationship and possible gender-related differences. Method: This review included studies published between 2010 and 2020 that were indexed in major databases with the following keywords: emotion regulation, problematic Internet use, Internet addiction, social network addiction, and social media addiction. In the selection process of the studies, close attention was paid for the mean age of the involved samples that had to range between 13 and 25 years. Results: A total of 23 studies satisfied the initial inclusion criteria and were included in the present literature review. Several reviewed studies found a strong association between emotion dysregulation and both PIU and problematic social networking with controversial gender-based findings. Furthermore, the relationships among emotional dysregulation, PIU, attachment styles, and metacognitions were largely explored. Conclusions: Overall, the present review showed that problematic Internet use might represent a coping strategy to compensate for emotional regulation deficits. The lack of social support and the lack of a good parent-adolescent relationship seem to negatively affect emotional regulation abilities, which in turn increase the risk of developing PIU. Moreover, good metacognitive abilities might represent a protective factor towards emotional dysregulation and PIU. Finally, males with emotional dysregulation are likely to be more problematically engaged in Internet use than females. These results might have important practical implications to implement health prevention/promotion programs, emotion regulation-based training programmes and therapies. © 2021 Giovanni Fioriti Editore s.r.l. KW - Adolescence KW - Emotion regulation KW - Internet addiction KW - Problematic internet use KW - Problematic social networking KW - Article KW - attention KW - depression KW - discriminant analysis KW - emotion regulation KW - emotionality KW - human KW - Internet KW - internet addiction KW - interpersonal communication KW - mental disease KW - metacognition KW - mindfulness KW - phobia KW - prevalence KW - questionnaire KW - risk factor KW - sexual behavior KW - sleep disorder KW - social media addiction KW - social network KW - social support KW - systematic review KW - training PB - Giovanni Fioriti Editore SN - 17244935 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Clin. Neuropsychiatry M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 37; Correspondence Address: V. Boursier; Department of Humanities, University of Naples “Federico II” Via Porta di Massa, Naples, 1-80133, Italy; email: valentina.boursier@unina.it ER - TY - JOUR AU - Min Kim, K. AU - Kim, H. AU - Choi, J.-W. AU - Yeon Kim, S. AU - Won Kim, J. TI - What types of internet services make adolescents addicted? Correlates of problematic internet use PY - 2020 T2 - Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment VL - 16 SP - 1031 EP - 1041 DO - 10.2147/NDT.S247292 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85084132326&doi=10.2147%2fNDT.S247292&partnerID=40&md5=1bd7c3487f3c8cc10b93249959629f83 AD - Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, South Korea AD - Department of Psychiatry, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea AD - Department of Psychiatry, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Jinju, South Korea AD - Department of Psychiatry, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, South Korea AD - Department of Psychiatry, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, 056-6 Daemyeong-4 Dong, Nam-gu, Daegu, 705-718, South Korea AB - Purpose: This study investigated the prevalence and correlates of problematic internet use (PIU) in a large sample of adolescents based on the type of internet service used. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted from 2008 to 2010, and 223,542 adolescents aged 12 to 18 years participated in the study. The participants responded to a self-report questionnaire including items for demographic factors, internet usage time, most used internet service and mental health. The PIU was assessed with the Internet Addiction Proneness Scale for Youth-Short Form. Results: The overall prevalence rate of PIU was 5.2%, and the prevalence rates stratified by sex were 7.7% in boys and 3.8% in girls. The distribution of most used internet services was significantly different across sexes. The most commonly used internet services were gaming (58.1%) in boys and blogging (22.1%) and messenger/chatting (20.3%) in girls. The odds ratio for PIU was significantly different according to the most used internet service; using the internet mostly for pornography compared to information searching had the highest odds ratio (4.526-fold higher). Depressive episodes, suicidal ideation, and suicidal attempts were significantly associated with higher odds ratios for PIU (1.725-, 1.747- and 1.361-fold, respectively). Conclusion: The present study identified clinically important information about PIU in adolescents. The distribution of PIU has different patterns based on sex and specific internet services. Studies of PIU with well-defined methodology and assessment tools for PIU of each specific internet service are needed. © 2020 Kim et al. KW - Addiction KW - Adolescence KW - Internet usage KW - Sex differences KW - adolescent KW - adolescent behavior KW - adult KW - age distribution KW - Article KW - child KW - demography KW - depression KW - descriptive research KW - disease association KW - DSM-5 KW - female KW - game addiction KW - human KW - Internet KW - internet addiction KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - mental disease KW - mental health KW - pornography KW - prevalence KW - questionnaire KW - risk assessment KW - risk factor KW - school child KW - self report KW - sex difference KW - social media KW - suicidal ideation KW - suicide attempt PB - Dove Medical Press Ltd SN - 11782021 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Neuropsychiatr. Dis. Treat. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 18; Correspondence Address: J. Won Kim; Department of Psychiatry, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, 056-6 Daemyeong-4 Dong, Nam-gu, 705-718, South Korea; email: f_affection@naver.com ER - TY - JOUR AU - Méndez, I. AU - Jorquera, A.B. AU - Esteban, C.R. AU - García-Fernández, J.M. TI - Profiles of problematic internet use in bullying and cyberbullying among adolescents PY - 2020 T2 - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health VL - 17 IS - 19 C7 - 7041 SP - 1 EP - 11 DO - 10.3390/ijerph17197041 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85091553413&doi=10.3390%2fijerph17197041&partnerID=40&md5=6e54723499c009ec0616104ad0242980 AD - Evolutionary and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Murcia, Murcia, 30100, Spain AD - Department of Developmental Psychology and Didactics, University of Alicante, Alicante, 03080, Spain AB - The rise of technology has increased risks such as problematic internet use or cyberbullying. Data show that there is problematic use of the internet, which has important repercussions academically, personally, socially and for health. The objective of this study was to identify different profiles that vary according to intra-and interpersonal conflicts related to internet use. In addition, this study aimed to examine whether there are significant differences in bullying and cyberbullying among adolescents with a conflict related to internet use. The study participants were 810 students of Compulsory Secondary Education (M = 13.99, SD = 1.32). The Questionnaire on School Violence and the Questionnaire of Experiences Related to Internet was use. The latent profile analysis identified four different types of conflicts related to internet use: (a) high levels in intra-and interpersonal conflicts; (b) low levels intra-and interpersonal conflicts; (c) moderate intra-and interpersonal conflicts and (d) very high levels in intra-and interpersonal conflicts. The results of the study indicated that there were significant differences in the manifestations of school violence between the profiles. This study assists in educational programs to prevent conflicts related to internet use and school violence through emotional adjustment. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. KW - Adolescence KW - Bullying KW - Cyberbullying KW - Emotional KW - Emotional adjustment KW - Adolescent KW - Bullying KW - Cyberbullying KW - Emotional Adjustment KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Internet Use KW - Male KW - Schools KW - Students KW - health impact KW - information and communication technology KW - Internet KW - psychology KW - social behavior KW - social network KW - violence KW - young population KW - adolescence KW - adolescent KW - Article KW - bullying KW - conflict KW - controlled study KW - cross-sectional study KW - cyberbullying KW - education program KW - female KW - human KW - Internet KW - internet addiction KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - psychological adjustment KW - questionnaire KW - school KW - student KW - violence KW - bullying KW - psychological adjustment KW - psychology PB - MDPI AG SN - 16617827 (ISSN) C2 - 32993052 LA - English J2 - Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 5; Correspondence Address: C.R. Esteban; Evolutionary and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Murcia, Murcia, 30100, Spain; email: cruiz@um.es; J.M. García-Fernández; Department of Developmental Psychology and Didactics, University of Alicante, Alicante, 03080, Spain; email: josemagf@ua.es ER - TY - JOUR AU - Kapus, K. AU - Nyulas, R. AU - Nemeskeri, Z. AU - Zadori, I. AU - Muity, G. AU - Kiss, J. AU - Feher, A. AU - Fejes, E. AU - Tibold, A. AU - Feher, G. TI - Prevalence and risk factors of internet addiction among hungarian high school students PY - 2021 T2 - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health VL - 18 IS - 13 C7 - 6989 DO - 10.3390/ijerph18136989 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85108885526&doi=10.3390%2fijerph18136989&partnerID=40&md5=6f533537e713e258c3071d17a2e53249 AD - Centre for Occupational Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, 7624, Hungary AD - Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Education and Regional Development, University of Pecs, Pécs, 7633, Hungary AD - Department of Chancellory, University of Pécs, Pécs, 7633, Hungary AD - Szent Rafael Hospital, Zalaegerszeg, 8900, Hungary AD - Hospital of Komló, Komló, 7300, Hungary AD - Neurology Outpatient Clinic, EÜ-MED KFT, Komló, 7300, Hungary AB - Introduction: The extensive availability of the internet has led to the recognition of problematic internet use (so-called internet addiction—IA) mostly concerning adolescents. Aim: Here, we present a study focusing on the prevalence and risk factors of internet addiction in Hungarian high school students, using a questionnaire-based survey. Results: Overall, 3000 paper-based questionnaires were successfully delivered and 2540 responses were received (response rate of 84.6%). A total of 1309 males (mean age 17.6 ± 1.43 years) (51.5%) and 1231 females (mean age 17.5 ± 1.4 years) (48.5%) took part in our study. Internet addiction was detected in 486 (19.1%) students (232 males, mean age 17.6 ± 1.35 years, and 254 females, mean age 17.34 ± 1.37 years) based on the Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire. In a multivariate analysis, age (age of 17, OR = 3.688, p < 0.001), family status (living without parents) (OR = 2.091, p = 0.034), the size of the household (more than five people per household) (OR = 2.546, p = 0.026), spending more than 6 h online (OR = 5.457, p < 0.001), and daily time interval (OR = 84.316, p < 0.001) were significantly associated with internet addiction. Alcohol use (OR = 10.341, p = 0.001), drug intake (OR = 6.689, p = 0.001) and musculoskeletal disorders (OR = 3.966, p = 0.047) were also strongly associated with IA. Conclusion: A significant proportion of our students suffered from IA, which is associated with substance intake (possible abuse) and musculoskeletal pain in the multivariate analysis. Our study also draws attention to the preventable risk factors of IA, such as working hours or nighttime internet use, number of hours spent online and family surroundings. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. KW - Adolescent KW - Epidemiology KW - Internet addiction KW - Medical condition KW - Risk factor KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Behavior, Addictive KW - Cross-Sectional Studies KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Hungary KW - Internet KW - Internet Addiction Disorder KW - Male KW - Prevalence KW - Risk Factors KW - Schools KW - Students KW - Surveys and Questionnaires KW - Young Adult KW - Hungary KW - adolescence KW - disease prevalence KW - epidemiology KW - Internet KW - public health KW - risk factor KW - student KW - adolescent KW - age distribution KW - alcohol consumption KW - Article KW - cardiovascular disease KW - controlled study KW - depression KW - diabetes mellitus KW - drug use KW - family relation KW - family size KW - family status KW - female KW - high school student KW - human KW - Hungarian (citizen) KW - hypertension KW - internet addiction KW - internet use KW - male KW - mental disease KW - musculoskeletal disease KW - musculoskeletal pain KW - online system KW - prevalence KW - Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire KW - questionnaire KW - residential area KW - risk assessment KW - risk factor KW - smoking KW - addiction KW - adult KW - cross-sectional study KW - Hungary KW - Internet KW - prevalence KW - risk factor KW - school KW - student KW - young adult PB - MDPI AG SN - 16617827 (ISSN) C2 - 34208800 LA - English J2 - Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 14; Correspondence Address: G. Feher; Centre for Occupational Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, 7624, Hungary; email: feher.gergely@pte.hu ER - TY - JOUR AU - Ortega-Barón, J. AU - González-Cabrera, J. AU - Machimbarrena, J.M. AU - Montiel, I. TI - Safety.Net: A pilot study on a multi-risk internet prevention program PY - 2021 T2 - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health VL - 18 IS - 8 C7 - 4249 DO - 10.3390/ijerph18084249 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85104383423&doi=10.3390%2fijerph18084249&partnerID=40&md5=1b76c565c401ab2c5440c2a2afba4034 AD - Faculty of Education, Universidad Internacional de la Rioja (UNIR), Avenida de la Paz, 137, Logroño, 26006, Spain AD - Faculty of Psychology, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), Avenida de Tolosa, 70, Donostia, 20018, Spain AB - Many programs exist to prevent bullying and cyberbullying. Nevertheless, despite evidence of the numerous overlapping risks of the Internet, programs that jointly and adequately address large sets of risks are not presently described in the scientific literature. This study’s main objective was to assess the effectiveness of the Safety.net program in a pilot sample. This program prevents eight Internet risks: cyberbullying, sexting, online grooming, cyber dating abuse, problematic Internet use, nomophobia, Internet gaming disorder, and online gambling disorder. The Safety.net program comprises 16 sessions and 4 modules (digital skills, relational risks, dysfunc-tional risks, and change of attitudes and cognitions). Each session lasts one hour, but the program has a networked instructional design to recall previous content in later sessions. For its assessment, a pre/post-test repeated measures design with a control group and an intervention group was used. The study sample was 165 adolescents between 11 and 14 years old (M = 12.11, SD = 0.89). The intervention group demonstrated improvements compared to the control group concerning online grooming, problematic Internet use, Internet gaming disorder, and nomophobia. These results sug-gest that the Safety.net program is effective in preventing the increase of most of the assessed risks and that it reduces some of them with a small number of sessions. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. KW - Adolescents KW - Evaluation KW - Internet KW - Prevention KW - Program KW - Risks KW - Adolescent KW - Animals KW - Bullying KW - Child KW - Crime Victims KW - Cyberbullying KW - Humans KW - Internet KW - Pilot Projects KW - adolescence KW - health policy KW - health risk KW - Internet KW - risk assessment KW - violence KW - adolescent KW - age KW - Article KW - child KW - clinical assessment KW - clinical effectiveness KW - clinical evaluation KW - controlled study KW - cyberbullying KW - cybergrooming KW - female KW - game addiction KW - human KW - internet use KW - male KW - nomophobia KW - phobia KW - pilot study KW - risk factor KW - safety net program KW - school child KW - sexting KW - web-based intervention KW - animal KW - bullying KW - crime victim KW - Internet KW - prevention and control PB - MDPI SN - 16617827 (ISSN) C2 - 33923779 LA - English J2 - Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 14; Correspondence Address: J. González-Cabrera; Faculty of Education, Universidad Internacional de la Rioja (UNIR), Logroño, Avenida de la Paz, 137, 26006, Spain; email: joaquin.gonzalez@unir.net ER - TY - JOUR AU - Alonso, C. AU - Romero, E. TI - Problematic internet use in adolescents: personal risk factors and emotional and behavioral outcomes. ST - Uso problemático de internet en adolescentes: factores personales de riesgo y consecuencias emocionales y conductuales. PY - 2021 T2 - Revista Iberoamericana de Psicologia y Salud VL - 12 IS - 2 SP - 76 EP - 89 DO - 10.23923/j.rips.2021.02.046 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85111489779&doi=10.23923%2fj.rips.2021.02.046&partnerID=40&md5=e198933f63614bf613bf4ee72861ea30 AD - Institut d'Assistència Sanitària (IAS) AD - Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC) AB - Background/Objective: The aim of this study is to analyze whether the big five personality traits are predictors of problematic internet use (PIU) and whether PIU predicts changes in emotional well-being and externalizing behaviors, as well as in risk internet-related behaviors (cyberbullying and sexting). Method: This study analysed data from 624 adolescents studied on two occasions (T1 and T2) separated by a one-year period, with evaluations of the big five traits, PIU, and the potential outcomes. Results: The results show that low conscientiousness predicts increases in PIU from T1 to T2. Furthermore, results show that a high PIU predicts increases in both proactive and reactive aggressive behavior and in substance use. A high PIU score predicts a decrease in positive emotions. The results also suggest that a high PIU predicts increased cybervictimization and cyberbullying. Conclusions: This study makes it possible to verify that personality predicts the development of PIU in adolescence and that PIU contributes to the development of externalizing problems and the deterioration of subjective well-being. © 2021. All Rights Reserved. KW - Adolescentes KW - Adolescents KW - Big five personality KW - Cinco grandes de personalidad KW - Consecuencias psicológicas KW - Estudio longitudinal KW - Longitudinal study KW - Problematic internet use KW - Psychological outcomes KW - Uso problemático de internet PB - Consejo General de la Psicologia de Espana SN - 21712069 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Rev. Iberoam. Psicol. Salud M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 4; Correspondence Address: C. Alonso; Cristina Alonso Vilar Centre de Salut Mental Dirección: C/ Sant Ignasi, Girona, 27, 17430. Santa Coloma de Farners, Spain; email: cristina.alonso@ias.cat ER - TY - JOUR AU - D'Angelo, J. AU - Moreno, M.A. TI - Screening for problematic internet use PY - 2020 T2 - Pediatrics VL - 145 IS - 2 C7 - e20192056F DO - 10.1542/PEDS.2019-2056F UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85086802937&doi=10.1542%2fPEDS.2019-2056F&partnerID=40&md5=d83b3e581c1d70aa654378565378a4ad AD - University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States AB - Problematic Internet use (PIU) by adolescents is of growing concern among both parents and pediatricians. Early controversies may have contributed to challenges in defining and measuring PIU. A variety of screening tools have evolved, aligned with different constructs of PIU, although a validated screening tool does exist. Current data and American Academy of Pediatrics policy reflect evidence-driven screening for PIU for all youth. © 2020 by the American Academy of Pediatrics KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Behavior, Addictive KW - Child KW - Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Internet KW - Male KW - Mass Screening KW - Pediatrics KW - Physician's Role KW - Prevalence KW - United States KW - Young Adult KW - adolescence KW - Article KW - family KW - history KW - human KW - Internet KW - internet addiction KW - mental disease KW - online system KW - Patient Health Questionnaire 2 KW - Patient Health Questionnaire 9 KW - pediatrician KW - priority journal KW - problem behavior KW - Problematic and Risky Internet Use Screening Scale KW - risk factor KW - satisfaction KW - scoring system KW - addiction KW - adolescent KW - adult KW - child KW - female KW - impulse control disorder KW - Internet KW - male KW - mass screening KW - pediatrics KW - physician attitude KW - prevalence KW - psychology KW - United States KW - young adult PB - American Academy of Pediatrics SN - 00314005 (ISSN) C2 - 32358209 LA - English J2 - Pediatrics M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 9; Correspondence Address: J. D'Angelo; Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, 2870 University Ave, 53705, United States; email: jddangelo@wisc.edu; CODEN: PEDIA ER - TY - JOUR AU - Nogueira-López, A. AU - Rial-Boubeta, A. AU - Guadix-García, I. AU - Villanueva-Blasco, V.J. AU - Billieux, J. TI - Prevalence of problematic Internet use and problematic gaming in Spanish adolescents PY - 2023 T2 - Psychiatry Research VL - 326 C7 - 115317 DO - 10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115317 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85163191581&doi=10.1016%2fj.psychres.2023.115317&partnerID=40&md5=de9c028a17561b49707944509e5bae01 AD - University of León, León, Spain AD - Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland AD - Faculty of Psychology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain AD - UNICEF Spain, Spain AD - Faculty of Health Sciences, Valencian International University, Valencia, Spain AD - Centre for Excessive Gambling, Addiction Medicine, Lausanne University Hospitals (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland AB - Epidemiological studies on problematic Internet use and problematic gaming conducted so far have mainly been carried out with unrepresentative and self-selected convenience samples, resulting in unreliable prevalence rates. This study estimates the prevalence of problematic Internet use and problematic gaming in a large sample of Spanish adolescents (N = 41,507) and identifies risk and protective factors for these risky behaviours. Data were collected online using the Adolescent Problem Internet Use Scale and the Adolescent Gaming Addiction Scale. Using a cut-off approach with measurement instruments inspired by the DSM-5 framework, we found a prevalence of 33% for problematic Internet use and 3.1% for problematic gaming. With a more conservative approach inspired by the ICD-11 framework, prevalence rates decreased to 2.98% for problematic Internet use and 1.8% for problematic gaming. Female gender, higher parents’ education, elevated Internet connection time, reporting being online after midnight and using the mobile phone in class predicted problematic Internet use; whereas male gender, “living situation” where families do not have a traditional structure or stable environment, elevated Internet connection time and reporting using the mobile phone in class predicted problematic gaming. A cut-off approach involving scales that recycle substance use criteria (as in the DSM-5) over-pathologize Internet use and gaming behaviours. In contrast, the ICD-11 approach seems to provide more realistic and reliable prevalence rates. © 2023 The Author(s) KW - Addictive behaviors KW - DSM-5 KW - Gaming disorder KW - ICD-11 KW - Internet addiction KW - Over-pathologisation KW - Prevalence KW - Problematic gaming KW - Problematic internet use KW - Adolescent KW - Behavior, Addictive KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Internet KW - Internet Use KW - Male KW - Prevalence KW - Surveys and Questionnaires KW - Video Games KW - adolescence KW - adolescent KW - Adolescent Gaming Addiction Scale KW - Adolescent Problem Internet Use Scale KW - adult KW - Article KW - behavior disorder assessment KW - cell phone use KW - child KW - DSM-5 KW - educational status KW - female KW - game addiction KW - high risk behavior KW - human KW - ICD-11 KW - internet addiction KW - internet use KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - prevalence KW - risk factor KW - school child KW - sex difference KW - social environment KW - Spain KW - young adult KW - addiction KW - Internet KW - questionnaire KW - video game PB - Elsevier Ireland Ltd SN - 01651781 (ISSN) C2 - 37352749 LA - English J2 - Psychiatry Res. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 0; Correspondence Address: J. Billieux; Faculté des Sciences Sociales et Politiques, Bâtiment Géopolis, Quartier UNIL-Mouline, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; email: joel.billieux@unil.ch; A. Rial-Boubeta; Faculty of Psychology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Campus Vida, Calle Xosé María Suárez Núñez, s/n, 15782, Spain; email: antonio.rial.boubeta@usc.es; CODEN: PSRSD ER - TY - JOUR AU - Niu, H. AU - Wang, S. AU - Tao, Y. AU - Tang, Q. AU - Zhang, L. AU - Liu, X. TI - The association between online learning, parents' marital status, and internet addiction among adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic period: A cross-lagged panel network approach PY - 2023 T2 - Journal of Affective Disorders VL - 333 SP - 553 EP - 561 DO - 10.1016/j.jad.2023.04.096 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85154565925&doi=10.1016%2fj.jad.2023.04.096&partnerID=40&md5=cf33680a79d77971dfd85d062f811568 AD - School of Psychology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210024, China AD - Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China AD - Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education, Beijing, 100875, China AD - College Students' Mental Health Education Center, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China AB - Introduction: Previous research has identified the association between online learning and Internet addiction (IA) and the role of family factors in it. However, few studies have treated IA as a multidimensional mechanism and explored the underlying linkage of online learning, IA, and parental marital status with a cross-lagged network approach. The study aimed to examine the relationship between online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, Internet addiction (IA), and parental marital status among Chinese adolescents. Methods: The sample consisted of 2356 adolescents who completed the Internet Addiction Test twice over a four-month period. Four symptom networks and two cross-lagged panel networks were performed. Results: The results showed that adolescents from divorced families had a higher prevalence of IA (27 %) compared to those from non-divorced families (17 %). The strongest cross-lagged association was found between “spending more time online” and “preferring the excitement online”. In the divorced group, “school grades suffering” had the highest influence, while in the non-divorced group, “anticipation” had the highest influence. Conclusion: This study highlights the relationship between online learning, IA, and parental divorce and suggests that long-term online learning may contribute to IA, and parental divorce may exacerbate problematic Internet use and increase IA levels. © 2023 Elsevier B.V. KW - Adolescence KW - Internet addiction KW - Longitudinal data KW - Network approach KW - Online learning KW - Parental marital status KW - Adolescent KW - Behavior, Addictive KW - COVID-19 KW - Divorce KW - Education, Distance KW - Humans KW - Internet KW - Internet Addiction Disorder KW - Pandemics KW - Parents KW - addiction KW - adolescence KW - adolescent KW - anticipation KW - Article KW - controlled study KW - coronavirus disease 2019 KW - divorce KW - divorced person KW - e-learning KW - excitement KW - externalizing disorder KW - female KW - human KW - internet addiction KW - internet use KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - marriage KW - pandemic KW - prevalence KW - psychotrauma KW - addiction KW - child parent relation KW - coronavirus disease 2019 KW - distance learning KW - Internet KW - internet addiction KW - pandemic PB - Elsevier B.V. SN - 01650327 (ISSN) C2 - 37127119 LA - English J2 - J. Affective Disord. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 1; Correspondence Address: X. Liu; Beijing, 19, Xinjiekouwai Street, 100875, China; email: 89034@bnu.edu.cn; CODEN: JADID ER - TY - JOUR AU - Yudes, C. AU - Rey, L. AU - Extremera, N. TI - Predictive factors of cyberbullying perpetration amongst spanish adolescents PY - 2020 T2 - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health VL - 17 IS - 11 C7 - 3967 SP - 1 EP - 14 DO - 10.3390/ijerph17113967 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85086008475&doi=10.3390%2fijerph17113967&partnerID=40&md5=e823630c3f0898e84f3d4c38d66943d8 AD - Department of Developmental Psychology and Education, Faculty of Psychology, University of Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, Málaga, 29071, Spain AD - Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment, Faculty of Psychology, University of Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, Málaga, 29071, Spain AD - Department of Social Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, Málaga, 29071, Spain AB - (1) Cyberbullying has gained increased attention from society and researchers due both to its negative psychosocial consequences and the problems that have risen relating to the misuse of technology. Despite the growing number of scientific studies, most research has focused on victims of cyberbullying rather than on the cyberbullies. This study examines the predictive value of personal resources (emotional intelligence, gratitude, and core self-evaluations) and risk factors (cybervictimization, problematic Internet use), and parental control in online activities on adolescents’ involvement in cyberbullying perpetration. (2) A total of 2039 Spanish adolescents between 12 and 18 years of age took part in this research (53.9% females). (3) Twenty-two percent of the sample was engaged in cyberbullying behaviors (more male adolescents). Insults and online social exclusion were the most frequent types of cyberbullying perpetration. Age, cybervictimization, problematic Internet use, and deficits in the use and regulation of emotions were the best predictors of cyberbullying perpetration. (4) Cyberbullying is a social reality in which personal and family variables converge on a particularly vulnerable age group. Our findings suggest that both well-known predictors of cyberbullying (cybervictimization and problematic Internet use) along with others less studied dimensions (i.e., emotional abilities) need to be taken into account in future school-based interventions aimed to prevent cyberbullying perpetration. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. KW - Adolescence KW - Cyberbullying KW - Emotional regulation KW - Problematic Internet use KW - Protective factors KW - Risk factors KW - Adolescent KW - Adolescent Behavior KW - Child KW - Crime Victims KW - Cyberbullying KW - Emotions KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Internet KW - Male KW - Schools KW - Spain KW - adolescence KW - cognition KW - Internet KW - media role KW - medical geography KW - mental health KW - psychology KW - social media KW - adolescent KW - adult KW - age KW - Article KW - cyberbullying KW - cybervictimization KW - emotion regulation KW - emotional intelligence KW - female KW - gratitude KW - human KW - insult KW - internet addiction KW - male KW - online social exclusion KW - parental attitude KW - personality KW - predictive value KW - risk factor KW - self evaluation KW - Spain KW - Spaniard KW - adolescent behavior KW - child KW - crime victim KW - emotion KW - Internet KW - school PB - MDPI AG SN - 16617827 (ISSN) C2 - 32503266 LA - English J2 - Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 24; Correspondence Address: C. Yudes; Department of Developmental Psychology and Education, Faculty of Psychology, University of Málaga, Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, 29071, Spain; email: cyudes@uma.es ER - TY - JOUR AU - Ortega-Ruipérez, B. AU - Castellanos Sánchez, A. AU - Marcano, B. TI - Risks in Adolescent Adjustment by Internet Exposure: Evidence From PISA PY - 2021 T2 - Frontiers in Psychology VL - 12 C7 - 763759 DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.763759 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85118715844&doi=10.3389%2ffpsyg.2021.763759&partnerID=40&md5=3543cacc371a5a99c4edc38ff3c1a973 AD - Educational Technology Department, Faculty of Education, Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, Logroño, Spain AB - Problematic use and abuse of the Internet has manifested new risks among adolescents that affect academic, social, and emotional adjustment. In the academic domain, the role of Internet use on school performance and learning is studied, including the level of competence as a factor in this domain. On the social level, we measure how Internet use affects school climate and problems related to bullying. On the emotional aspect, the relationship between Internet use and satisfaction and positive feelings is studied, including wellbeing as a construct part of this domain. To find these relationships, data obtained from the Program for International Student Assessment survey, 2018 edition are used. Structural equation modeling was used to determine the most significant relationships between the aspects studied and Internet use. Internet use includes four independent variables: two on abuse (time of use on a weekday outside of class and on a weekend) and two on problematic use (perception about forgetting time and perceived discomfort if the Internet does not work). The results answer three research questions: (1) how the constructs created relate to the four independent variables on Internet usage, (2) how the observed variables respond to the latent constructs, and (3) how all these constructs are related to each other. These results highlight the need to teach young people to use the Internet in a useful and healthy way, as a preventive measure, and help professionals who detect technology abuse to act with effective measures to prevent the psychological consequences, working on the academic, social, and emotional aspects that have shown the greatest relationship. The problematic Internet use is a complex problem and it is impossible and imprudent to relate it to isolated factors: It is necessary to consider different factors to better understand the problem. © Copyright © 2021 Ortega-Ruipérez, Castellanos Sánchez and Marcano. KW - abuse technologies KW - academic achievement KW - adolescence KW - emotional development KW - social adaptation PB - Frontiers Media S.A. SN - 16641078 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Front. Psychol. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 1; Correspondence Address: B. Ortega-Ruipérez; Educational Technology Department, Faculty of Education, Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, Logroño, Spain; email: beatriz.ortega.ruiperez@unir.net ER - TY - JOUR AU - Pérez-Sáenz, J. AU - Ortuño-Sierra, J. AU - Pérez-Albéniz, A. AU - Mason, O. AU - Fonseca-Pedrero, E. TI - Problematic Internet Use in adolescents: New psychometric evidence for the Spanish short form of the Compulsive Internet Use Scale PY - 2023 T2 - Brain and Behavior VL - 13 IS - 9 C7 - e3133 DO - 10.1002/brb3.3133 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85166640975&doi=10.1002%2fbrb3.3133&partnerID=40&md5=6d1284dd5ecaf515851375dd72360630 AD - Educational Sciences Department, University of La Rioja, Logroño, Spain AD - Programa Riojano de Investigación en Salud Mental (PRISMA), Logroño, Spain AD - School of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom AB - Objectives: Problematic Internet Use (PIU) has become a worldwide problem in recent years. Among screening instruments for PIU, the Compulsive Internet Use Scale (CIUS) is perhaps the most widely used. Psychometric properties of the full CIUS are not convincing, however, and the short form (CIUS-S) has shown promising results, albeit limited to the English version, with little evidence in Spanish. Therefore, the aim of the present work was to study the psychometric properties of the CIUS-S scores in a large sample of Spanish adolescents. Method: The sample consisted of 1790 participants, 816 male (45.6%), 961 female (53.7%), and 13 other (0.7%). Mean age was 15.70 years (SD = 1.26). Results: The five-items one-dimensional model displayed appropriate goodness-of-fit indices. Strong measurement invariance model across age and partial across gender was found. Furthermore, the CIUS-S was positively associated with several indicators of poor well-being and mental health, and negatively associated with prosocial behavior, self-esteem, and feeling of belonging. Conclusion: Overall, the CIUS-S scores appear reliable and valid in its Spanish version for adolescent populations, supporting its aim to detect and prevent a problem that has become a major worldwide issue in the last years. © 2023 The Authors. Brain and Behavior published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. KW - adolescence KW - CIUS-S KW - measurement invariance KW - problematic internet use KW - psychometric properties KW - Adolescent KW - Behavior, Addictive KW - Compulsive Behavior KW - Emotions KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Internet Use KW - Male KW - Mental Health KW - Psychometrics KW - adolescent KW - adolescent suicidal behavior assessment scale KW - adult KW - Article KW - behavior KW - behavior disorder KW - compulsive internet use scale KW - depression KW - educational status KW - emotion KW - family KW - female KW - human KW - human experiment KW - hyperactivity KW - Internet KW - internet addiction KW - male KW - mental disease KW - mental disease assessment KW - mental health KW - oviedo infrequency scale revised KW - prevalence KW - prodromal questionnaire brief KW - prosocial behavior KW - psychometry KW - psychosis KW - questionnaire KW - reynolds adolescent depression scale KW - rosenberg self esteem scale KW - scoring system KW - self esteem KW - self report KW - sleep KW - social network KW - strengths and difficulties questionnaire KW - suicidal ideation KW - wellbeing KW - addiction KW - compulsion KW - internet use KW - psychology KW - psychometry PB - John Wiley and Sons Ltd SN - 21623279 (ISSN) C2 - 37533174 LA - English J2 - Brain Behav. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 0; Correspondence Address: J. Ortuño-Sierra; Educational Sciences Department, University of La Rioja, Logroño, C/ Luis de Ulloa, 2 (Edificio Vives), 26004, Spain; email: javier.ortuno@unirioja.es ER - TY - JOUR AU - Tomaszek, K. AU - Muchacka-Cymerman, A. TI - Sex differences in the relationship between student school burnout and problematic internet use among adolescents PY - 2019 T2 - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health VL - 16 IS - 21 C7 - 4107 DO - 10.3390/ijerph16214107 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85074132355&doi=10.3390%2fijerph16214107&partnerID=40&md5=f43cd979eeeb79806f86abc274f2171a AD - Department of Psychosomatic, Institute of Psychology, Pedagogical University of Cracow, Podchorążych 2, Kraków, 30-084, Poland AB - Background: The Internet has many positive sides, but it can also have a negative impact on human emotional-cognitive and behavioral functioning, especially during adolescence. To the most common consequences, the authors add addiction of the teenager to the Internet. This addiction is related to many negative physical and mental problems, including depression, substance abuse and social isolation. Methods: In the study, SSBS (Student School Burnout Scale) was used to measure the level of burnout, and the level of Internet addiction was measured using PUI (Internet Addiction Test). The research was carried out among 230 individuals aged 17–20 years. Results: The results of the research showed that higher level of school burnout is related to higher Internet addiction indicators, and connection was stronger in the male group. Gender significantly predicted Internet addiction and moderated the link between school burnout and Internet addiction. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses confirmed different predictors of Internet addiction for male and female students. However, for both groups, higher burnout due to parents was a significant predictor of Internet addiction (IA). Discussion: Internet addiction was predicted by school burnout, appearing as a result of parental pressure for high school achievements. In addition, school burnout and school-related characteristics have greater prediction power of Internet addiction and its indicators in a male group. © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. KW - Adolescents KW - Internet addiction KW - School burnout KW - Sex differences KW - Adolescent KW - Adolescent Behavior KW - Adult KW - Behavior, Addictive KW - Burnout, Psychological KW - Depressive Disorder KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Internet KW - Male KW - Psychology, Adolescent KW - Sex Factors KW - Students KW - Surveys and Questionnaires KW - Young Adult KW - Internet KW - sex-related difference KW - student KW - young population KW - academic achievement KW - adolescence KW - adolescent KW - Article KW - behavior assessment KW - depression KW - family relation KW - female KW - human KW - internet addiction KW - male KW - parental attitude KW - parental pressure KW - physical disease KW - prediction KW - school KW - sex difference KW - social isolation KW - student burnout KW - Student School Burnout Scale KW - substance abuse KW - addiction KW - adolescent behavior KW - adult KW - child psychology KW - comparative study KW - Internet KW - psychology KW - questionnaire KW - sex factor KW - student KW - young adult PB - MDPI AG SN - 16617827 (ISSN) C2 - 31653105 LA - English J2 - Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 29; Correspondence Address: A. Muchacka-Cymerman; Department of Psychosomatic, Institute of Psychology, Pedagogical University of Cracow, Kraków, Podchorążych 2, 30-084, Poland; email: agnieszka.muchacka-cymerman@up.krakow.pl ER - TY - JOUR AU - Marino, C. AU - Hirst, C.M. AU - Murray, C. AU - Vieno, A. AU - Spada, M.M. TI - Positive Mental Health as a Predictor of Problematic Internet and Facebook Use in Adolescents and Young Adults PY - 2018 T2 - Journal of Happiness Studies VL - 19 IS - 7 SP - 2009 EP - 2022 DO - 10.1007/s10902-017-9908-4 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85025826962&doi=10.1007%2fs10902-017-9908-4&partnerID=40&md5=32041d8bf5f42fab226ffde7d5ac1768 AD - Dipartimento di Psicologia dello Sviluppo e della Socializzazione, Università degli Studi di Padova, via Venezia 8, Padua, Italy AD - Division of Psychology, School of Applied Sciences, London South Bank University, London, United Kingdom AB - Recent research on Problematic Internet Use and Problematic Facebook Use (PIU and PFU) has focused on the idea that people who engage in PIU or PFU are more likely to present with mental health problems. The goal of the present study was to examine the contribution of positive mental health (PMH) to PIU and PFU among adolescents and young adults. A total of 1927 Italian adolescents and young adults participated in the study. Structural equation modeling showed that PMH is negatively linked to both PIU and PFU, indicating that PMH may be an important antecedent for both PIU and PFU among adolescents and young adults. In conclusion, dimensions of PMH may be taken into account by researchers and educational practitioners in preventing both PIU and PFU. © 2017, Springer Science+Business Media B.V. KW - Adolescence KW - Positive mental health KW - Problematic Facebook Use KW - Problematic Internet Use KW - Young adults PB - Springer Netherlands SN - 13894978 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - J. Happiness Stud. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 19; Correspondence Address: C. Marino; Dipartimento di Psicologia dello Sviluppo e della Socializzazione, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, via Venezia 8, Italy; email: claudia.marino@phd.unipd.it ER - TY - JOUR AU - Erceg, T. AU - Flander, G.B. AU - Brezinšćak, T. TI - The relationship between compulsive internet use and symptoms of depression and anxiety in adolescence ST - Odnos između kompulzivne uporabe interneta i simptoma depresije i tjeskobe u adolescenciji PY - 2018 T2 - Alcoholism and Psychiatry Research VL - 54 IS - 2 SP - 101 EP - 112 DO - 10.20471/dec.2018.54.02.02 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85064215040&doi=10.20471%2fdec.2018.54.02.02&partnerID=40&md5=4e098546c35f8e46fae8d974f1e4b4e5 AD - Kindergarten “Konavle”, Cavtat, Croatia AD - Child and Youth Protection Center of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia AB - Difficulties in managing one`s habits of internet use have been the focus of much clinical and scientific interest in the past twenty years. However, their definition, clinical nature, and relationships with other relevant concepts, remain a matter of controversy. The aim of this study was to examine the relation­ship between compulsive internet use (CIU) and symptomatology related to depression and anxiety among adolescents. The sample consisted of 1320 primary and secondary school students aged 11 to 18 years. Problematic patterns of internet use were assessed using the Compulsive Internet Use Scale, while depres­sion and anxiety symptoms were measured using Beck Youth Depression Inventory and Beck Youth Anxiety Inventory. The results have shown that adolescents who report more compulsive patterns of internet use also show higher levels of depression and anxiety symptoms. The findings contribute to the understanding of problematic internet use in adolescents and its relationship with internalizing emotional difficulties, which suggests valuable implications for the development of prevention and intervention programs within the ado­lescent population. © 2018 KBCSM, Zagreb. KW - Addictive behavior KW - Adolescents KW - Anxiety KW - Depression KW - Internet KW - academic achievement KW - adolescent KW - adolescent disease KW - adult KW - anxiety disorder KW - Article KW - Beck Anxiety Inventory KW - child KW - controlled study KW - depression KW - depression inventory KW - female KW - human KW - internet addiction KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - psychological well-being KW - social interaction KW - social isolation KW - symptomatology PB - Center for Study and Control of Alcoholism and Addictions SN - 18498582 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Alcohol. Psychiatry Res. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 13; Correspondence Address: T. Erceg; Kindergarten “Konavle”, Cavtat, Put od Cavtata bb, 20210, Croatia; email: tena.erceg1@gmail.com ER - TY - JOUR AU - Kósa, G. AU - Feher, G. AU - Horvath, L. AU - Zadori, I. AU - Nemeskeri, Z. AU - Kovacs, M. AU - Fejes, É. AU - Meszaros, J. AU - Banko, Z. AU - Tibold, A. TI - Prevalence and Risk Factors of Problematic Internet Use among Hungarian Adult Recreational Esports Players PY - 2022 T2 - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health VL - 19 IS - 6 C7 - 3204 DO - 10.3390/ijerph19063204 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85126066955&doi=10.3390%2fijerph19063204&partnerID=40&md5=a26e08065ae551a27e8ce7cbb0448f93 AD - Centre for Occupational Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pecs, 7624, Hungary AD - Department of Primary Health Care, University of Pécs, Pecs, 7623, Hungary AD - Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Education and Regional Development, University of Pécs, Pecs, 7633, Hungary AD - Hospital of Komló, Komlo, 7300, Hungary AD - Department of Labour Law and Social Security Law, Faculty of Law, University of Pécs, Pecs, 7622, Hungary AB - Background: Esports are highly prevalent in modern culture, particularly among young people, and are a healthy hobby for the majority of users. However, there is a possible link between video gaming (including esports) and problematic internet use (so-called internet addiction, IA), mostly involving adolescents. Methods: Here we present an online survey focusing on the prevalence and risk factors of internet addiction among adult esports players. Demographics included age, gender, family type, type of work, working years and daily internet use. Medical conditions associated with IA such as smoking, alcohol and drug intake, hypertension, diabetes, ischemic heart disease, musculoskeletal pain and history of depression were also recorded. Results: Overall, 2313 players including 176 females (7.6%) and 2137 males (92.4%) participated in our online survey. Age distribution was the following: 18–25 years 90.3% (2088/2313), 26–35 years 7.95% (184/2313), 36–45 years 0.86% (20/2313), 46–55 years 0.82% (19/2313), 56–62 years 0.04% (1/2313) and 62 years or older 0.04% (1/2313). Internet addiction was detected in 19.9% of players (461/2313) based on the Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire. In a multivariate analysis internet addiction was significantly associated with age between 18 and 25 (OR: 1.675, p = 0.002), being single (OR = 1.505, p = 0.014), internet use > 6 h daily (OR = 4.338, p < 0.001), having < 3 children (OR: 2.037, p = 0.023) and having secondary employment (OR = 1.789, p = 0.037). Regular alcohol intake (OR = 18.357, p < 0.001) and history of depression (OR= 5.361, p = 0.032) were also strongly correlated with IA. Conclusion: This is the first study from Hungary investigating the prevalence and risk factors of internet addiction among adult esports players. One out of five adult gamers suffered from IA. Our study also draws attention to increased risk within this group and risk factors such as younger age, family status and type of employment. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. KW - Demographic KW - Epidemiology KW - Esports KW - Internet addiction KW - Medical condition KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Behavior, Addictive KW - Child KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Hungary KW - Internet KW - Internet Use KW - Male KW - Prevalence KW - Risk Factors KW - Video Games KW - Young Adult KW - Hungary KW - adolescence KW - adult KW - demography KW - epidemiology KW - Internet KW - mental health KW - recreational activity KW - risk factor KW - adult KW - age distribution KW - alcohol consumption KW - Article KW - behavior disorder assessment KW - controlled study KW - cross-sectional study KW - demographics KW - depression KW - diabetes mellitus KW - disease association KW - employment KW - esports KW - family KW - family size KW - family status KW - female KW - health survey KW - human KW - Hungarian (citizen) KW - Hungary KW - hypertension KW - internet addiction KW - internet use KW - ischemic heart disease KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - medical history KW - middle aged KW - musculoskeletal pain KW - occupation KW - online survey KW - prevalence KW - Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire KW - recreational drug use KW - recreational game KW - risk factor KW - secondary employment KW - sex difference KW - single (marital status) KW - smoking KW - young adult KW - addiction KW - adolescent KW - child KW - Internet KW - video game PB - MDPI SN - 16617827 (ISSN) C2 - 35328893 LA - English J2 - Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 5; Correspondence Address: G. Feher; Department of Primary Health Care, University of Pécs, Pecs, 7623, Hungary; email: feher.gergely@pte.hu ER - TY - JOUR AU - Villani, D. AU - Florio, E. AU - Sorgente, A. AU - Castelli, I. AU - Riva, G. AU - Marchetti, A. AU - Massaro, D. TI - Adolescents' Beliefs about Peers' Engagement in an Online Self-Harm Challenge: Exploring the Role of Individual Characteristics through a Latent Class Analysis PY - 2019 T2 - Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking VL - 22 IS - 11 SP - 684 EP - 691 DO - 10.1089/cyber.2019.0002 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85074685956&doi=10.1089%2fcyber.2019.0002&partnerID=40&md5=f204fe6c10f8ab9ca3aedd9766b73e1c AD - Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore, Largo Gemelli, 1, Milan, 20100, Italy AD - Department of Human and Social Sciences, Università degli Studi di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy AD - Applied Technology for Neuro-Psychology Lab, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy AD - Research Unit on Theory of Mind, Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy AB - In the last decade considerable attention has been devoted to the possible contribution of social media, and the Internet generally, to instigating adolescents' engagement in self-harm activities, which are considered the result of a combination of multidimensional variables, such as depression and anxiety. This study aimed to identify, using latent class analysis (LCA), classes homogeneous for adolescents' beliefs about peers' motivations in taking part in the recent Blue Whale Challenge Game, and to analyze the individual predictors (gender, mental health problems, self-harm and risk-taking behaviors, and problematic Internet use) of the adolescent's latent class membership. We performed an LCA using "perceived attraction" and "perceived constraint" as nominal indicators. Relative fit indices suggested the two class solution as the best measurement model: the first class was mostly composed of adolescents who attributed a central role to the adolescent (internal causality), while the second class mostly composed of adolescents who attributed a central role to the recruiters (external causality). In addition, we explored some individual characteristics to test whether they could predict adolescents' class membership. Results suggests that it is significantly more likely for adolescents with higher level of stress and risk-taking to attribute a central role to their peers' internal motivation, rather than to the recruiter, in deciding to take part in the online self-harm challenge game. Implications for preventive interventions are discussed. © 2019 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. KW - adolescence KW - beliefs KW - Blue Whale KW - descriptive norms KW - self-harm KW - suicide KW - Adolescent KW - Adolescent Behavior KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Latent Class Analysis KW - Male KW - Motivation KW - Peer Group KW - Risk-Taking KW - Self-Injurious Behavior KW - Social Behavior KW - Social Media KW - adolescent KW - adolescent behavior KW - automutilation KW - female KW - high risk behavior KW - human KW - latent class analysis KW - male KW - motivation KW - peer group KW - psychology KW - social behavior KW - social media PB - Mary Ann Liebert Inc. SN - 21522715 (ISSN) C2 - 31697599 LA - English J2 - Cyberpsychol. Behav. Soc. Networking M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 5; Correspondence Address: D. Villani; Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Largo Gemelli, 1, 20100, Italy; email: daniela.villani@unicatt.it ER - TY - JOUR AU - Zhang, H. AU - Li, D. TI - Stressful life events and problematic internet use in adolescence: Mediation of psychological capital and moderation of school level PY - 2022 T2 - Journal of Adolescence VL - 94 IS - 5 SP - 718 EP - 727 DO - 10.1002/jad.12058 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85131208708&doi=10.1002%2fjad.12058&partnerID=40&md5=284d9f60e64e2dd5c100f3ca7ca7cad5 AD - Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Cortland, Cortland, NY, United States AD - School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Hubei, Wuhan, China AB - Introduction: While abundant cross-sectional studies have examined the relationship between stress and problematic internet use (PIU), little is known about the underlying mechanism through which stress influences the development of PIU. To elucidate the mechanism in facilitation of prevention and treatment of PIU, this study tested a moderated mediation model using a longitudinal design in which the impact of stressful life events on PIU was mediated by psychological capital (PsyCap); the dependence of this mediation link on participants' developmental stage was further evaluated. Methods: A total of 1365 middle school and high school adolescents (Mage = 14.68, SD = 1.56; 47% female) from central China were surveyed over 3 years. Results: PsyCap was found to completely mediate the contribution of stressful life events to PIU. In addition, the relationship between stressful life events and PsyCap was moderated by participants' school level, in which the negative impact of stress on PsyCap was stronger in middle schoolers than in high schoolers. Conclusions: These findings support further examination of PsyCap in adolescents' PIU development, with a special focus on developmental changes from middle school to high school. © 2022 The Foundation for Professionals in Services for Adolescents. KW - adolescence KW - moderated mediation KW - problematic internet use KW - psychological capital KW - stressful life events KW - Adolescent KW - Adolescent Behavior KW - Behavior, Addictive KW - Cross-Sectional Studies KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Internet KW - Internet Use KW - Male KW - Schools KW - adolescence KW - adolescent KW - Article KW - China KW - controlled study KW - developmental stage KW - female KW - health survey KW - high school KW - human KW - internet addiction KW - life event KW - life stress KW - longitudinal study KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - mediation analysis KW - middle school KW - psychological aspect KW - psychological capital KW - addiction KW - adolescent behavior KW - cross-sectional study KW - Internet KW - psychology KW - school PB - John Wiley and Sons Inc SN - 01401971 (ISSN) C2 - 35652631 LA - English J2 - J. Adolesc. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 2; Correspondence Address: H. Zhang; Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Cortland, Cortland, United States; email: haiyan.zhang@cortland.edu; CODEN: JOADE ER - TY - JOUR AU - Throuvala, M.A. AU - Griffiths, M.D. AU - Rennoldson, M. AU - Kuss, D.J. TI - Policy recommendations for preventing problematic internet use in schools: A qualitative study of parental perspectives PY - 2021 T2 - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health VL - 18 IS - 9 C7 - 4522 DO - 10.3390/ijerph18094522 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85104658808&doi=10.3390%2fijerph18094522&partnerID=40&md5=9a3f6f28ad5a442c7e28b07c5b113c79 AD - International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG1 4FQ, United Kingdom AD - Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG1 4FQ, United Kingdom AB - Parenting in the digital age has been characterized as one of the most challenging tasks of the modern era. Parents are ambivalent about their mediating role. However, problematic aspects of adolescent online use have not been adequately addressed in education. The present study investigated parental perceptions of intervention needs within schools to prevent excessive/problematic use, enhance parent–child communication, and reduce family conflicts. Nine interviews with parents of adolescents residing in the UK were carried out and analyzed utilizing thematic analysis. Three main themes emerged as parental proposals: (i) schools as digital education providers and prevention hubs, (ii) provision of mental health literacy to raise awareness, resolve ambiguity regarding impacts and mitigate excessive use and impacts, and (iii) psychoeducation and upskilling. The third theme related to impacts from time spent on screens (time displacement), content-related impacts, and context-related impacts. The present study offers recommendations for media literacy during adolescence beyond e-safety (i.e., addressing interpersonal communication problems, privacy vs. disclosure issues), based on parents’ views, and provides new insights for media and emotional health literacy collaboration efforts. Future work should investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of such interventions to support the emotional health of young people and prevent problematic internet use escalation. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. KW - Adolescence KW - Digital education KW - Gaming addiction KW - Parental recommendations KW - Problematic internet/social media use KW - Public policy KW - Adolescent KW - Child KW - Humans KW - Internet KW - Internet Use KW - Parent-Child Relations KW - Parenting KW - Policy KW - Schools KW - United Kingdom KW - adolescence KW - education KW - Internet KW - mental health KW - qualitative analysis KW - social media KW - adolescent KW - adult KW - Article KW - awareness KW - child KW - child parent relation KW - controlled study KW - data privacy KW - digital technology KW - emotional stability KW - family conflict KW - female KW - game addiction KW - health literacy KW - human KW - internet addiction KW - interpersonal communication KW - interview KW - male KW - mental health KW - parental attitude KW - psychoeducation KW - public policy KW - qualitative research KW - school KW - school health education KW - school mental health service KW - screen time KW - social media KW - social media addiction KW - thematic analysis KW - United Kingdom KW - child parent relation KW - Internet KW - policy PB - MDPI SN - 16617827 (ISSN) C2 - 33923208 LA - English J2 - Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 7; Correspondence Address: M.A. Throuvala; International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG1 4FQ, United Kingdom; email: melina.throuvala@ntu.ac.uk ER - TY - JOUR AU - Liu, S. AU - Xu, B. AU - Zhang, D. AU - Tian, Y. AU - Wu, X. TI - Core symptoms and symptom relationships of problematic internet use across early, middle, and late adolescence: A network analysis PY - 2022 T2 - Computers in Human Behavior VL - 128 C7 - 107090 DO - 10.1016/j.chb.2021.107090 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85118547756&doi=10.1016%2fj.chb.2021.107090&partnerID=40&md5=8fa3a55b4a44470273e54d2588a40e1a AD - Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education (Beijing Normal University), Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China AD - Education and Counseling Center of Psychological Health, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong, China AB - Problematic Internet use (PIU) is often initiated in early adolescence and maintained or exacerbated during middle and late adolescence. Prior studies primarily focus on age differences in PIU prevalence and severity, but age differences in PIU symptom structure remain obscure. We use network analysis that conceptualizes PIU as a network of interacting symptoms to identify core symptoms (i.e., symptoms that are highly connected to other symptoms) and symptom relationships (i.e., associations among symptoms) of PIU. A total of 1375 adolescents (Mage = 14.49, SD = 2.24) who met the cutoff point of PIU were included in this study. The results reveal that increasing time for satisfaction and empty life are central symptoms in early adolescence; less sleep, failure to stop, and feeling depressed are central symptoms in middle adolescence; feeling depressed is the most central symptom in late adolescence. The core symptoms in early, middle, and late adolescence can direct differentiated interventions based on adolescent stages. The comparisons indicate that networks show similar overall structure and global strength but differ in specific symptom associations, offering nuanced insights into the essential differences in PIU symptoms across different stages of adolescence. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd KW - Adolescence KW - Age differences KW - Network analysis KW - Network comparison KW - Problematic internet use KW - Human computer interaction KW - Adolescence KW - Age differences KW - Different stages KW - Network comparisons KW - Problematic Internet use KW - Behavioral research PB - Elsevier Ltd SN - 07475632 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Comput. Hum. Behav. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 17; Correspondence Address: X. Wu; Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, No.19, Xinjiekouwai St, Haidian District, 100875, China; email: xcwu@bnu.edu.cn; CODEN: CHBEE ER - TY - JOUR AU - Boniel-Nissim, M. AU - Sasson, H. TI - Bullying victimization and poor relationships with parents as risk factors of problematic internet use in adolescence PY - 2018 T2 - Computers in Human Behavior VL - 88 SP - 176 EP - 183 DO - 10.1016/j.chb.2018.05.041 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85053076824&doi=10.1016%2fj.chb.2018.05.041&partnerID=40&md5=5dc31dabcf998785849a4d35ae6cf5ee AD - Department of Behavioral Sciences, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Kinneret Academic College, Sea of Galilee, Israel AD - Graduate of the Department of Sociology at the University of Haifa, Israel AB - During adolescence, adolescents move away from their parents in order to establish their place in society. Therefore, there are two arenas that have a significant impact on adolescents; the family and the social one. Adolescents’ intensive internet use leads to concern about Problematic Internet Use (PIU) (Siciliano et al., 2015). Therefore, the goal of this study was to examine if stressful environments such as being a victim to bullying and/or cyberbullying, and poor relationships with parents could be linked directly and indirectly to PIU. Data was collected from a representative sample of 1000 Israeli adolescents aged 12–17 (53% females, average age 14.19 (SD = 1.34)). Measures included demographics, a short problematic internet use test, relationships with parents’ questionnaire, cyberbullying scale and, separately, a traditional bullying test. Path analysis model revealed that both poor parent-child communication and being a cyberbullying victim were related to PIU. Correspondingly, Poor parent-child communication had an indirect effect on PIU through bullying and/or cyberbullying victimization. Conversely, both positive mother-child communication and positive father-child communication had an indirect effect on PIU through bullying or cyberbullying victimization, implying that good communication with parents actually can assist reducing bullying victimization and PIU behavior. Limitations, conclusions, and suggestions for further research are discussed. © 2018 KW - Bullying KW - Cyberbullying KW - Path analysis modeling KW - Problematic internet use (PIU) KW - Relationship with parents KW - Crime KW - Regression analysis KW - Bullying KW - Cyber bullying KW - Path analysis KW - Problematic Internet use KW - Relationship with parents KW - Computer crime PB - Elsevier Ltd SN - 07475632 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Comput. Hum. Behav. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 68; Correspondence Address: M. Boniel-Nissim; Department of Behavioral Sciences, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Kinneret Academic College, Sea of Galilee, Israel; email: Meyranbn@gmail.com; CODEN: CHBEE ER - TY - JOUR AU - Haug, S. AU - Boumparis, N. AU - Wenger, A. AU - Schaub, M.P. AU - Paz Castro, R. TI - Efficacy of a Mobile App-Based Coaching Program for Addiction Prevention among Apprentices: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial PY - 2022 T2 - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health VL - 19 IS - 23 C7 - 15730 DO - 10.3390/ijerph192315730 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85143688988&doi=10.3390%2fijerph192315730&partnerID=40&md5=ba4756dc0d5355d583c0bb3d44e81919 AD - Swiss Research Institute for Public Health and Addiction, Zurich University, Konradstrasse 32, Zurich, 8005, Switzerland AD - Marie Meierhofer Children’s Institute, Pfingstweidstrasse 16, Zurich, 8005, Switzerland AB - Background: Addictive behaviors such as tobacco/e-cigarette smoking, at-risk alcohol consumption, cannabis use or compulsive internet use are common among apprentices. ready4life is a mobile app-based preventive intervention program for apprentices that promotes life skills and reduces risky behavior. The present study tested the efficacy of ready4life for addiction prevention among apprentices in Switzerland within a controlled trial. Methods: Two-arm, cluster-randomized controlled trial including assessments at baseline and follow-up after 6 months. Participants of the intervention group received coaching by a conversational agent for 16 weeks. The main outcome measure was a composite score for addictive behaviors, which included (1) at-risk drinking, (2) tobacco/e-cigarette smoking, (3) cannabis use and (4) problematic internet use. Results: A total of 2275 students from 159 vocational school classes in Switzerland, were invited for study participation. Of these, 1351 (59.4%) students with a mean age of 17.3 years and a male proportion of 56.6% provided informed consent to participate. The follow up assessment at month 6 was completed by 962 (71.2%) study participants. The results concerning the primary outcome showed a stronger decrease of addictive behaviors between baseline and follow up in the intervention group compared to the control group. In particular, significant effects were observed for at-risk drinking and problematic Internet use, while no significant effects were observed for tobacco/e-cigarette smoking and cannabis use. Conclusions: The majority of apprentices invited for program participation within vocational schools participated in the ready4life program for addiction prevention. The mobile app-based coaching was effective in reducing risk behaviors such as at-risk drinking and problematic Internet use in a group of adolescents who have an especially high risk of engaging in addictive activities. © 2022 by the authors. KW - addiction KW - adolescents KW - apprentices KW - mobile app KW - prevention KW - substance use KW - Adolescent KW - Behavior, Addictive KW - Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems KW - Humans KW - Male KW - Mobile Applications KW - Risk-Taking KW - Students KW - Switzerland KW - adolescence KW - alcohol consumption KW - drug user KW - Internet KW - mobile phone KW - smoking KW - software KW - tobacco KW - adolescent KW - Article KW - cannabis use KW - controlled study KW - female KW - human KW - internet addiction KW - internet use KW - male KW - outcome assessment KW - randomized controlled trial KW - risk factor KW - tobacco KW - addiction KW - electronic cigarette KW - high risk behavior KW - mobile application KW - student PB - MDPI SN - 16617827 (ISSN) C2 - 36497804 LA - English J2 - Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 2; Correspondence Address: S. Haug; Swiss Research Institute for Public Health and Addiction, Zurich University, Zurich, Konradstrasse 32, 8005, Switzerland; email: severin.haug@isgf.uzh.ch ER - TY - JOUR AU - Lozano-Blasco, R. AU - Cortés-Pascual, A. TI - Problematic Internet uses and depression in adolescents: A meta-analysis PY - 2020 T2 - Comunicar VL - 28 IS - 63 SP - 103 EP - 113 DO - 10.3916/C63-2020-10 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85083190454&doi=10.3916%2fC63-2020-10&partnerID=40&md5=f2250f597376d104d499c0f49ef14e79 AD - School of Education, University of Zaragoza, Spain AD - University of Zaragoza, Spain AB - Widespread use of the Internet in 21st century society is not risk-free. This paper studies the comorbidity of some problematic uses of Internet with depression in order to assess their correlation. With that aim, a meta-analysis of 19 samples obtained from 13 different studies (n=33,458) was carried out. The subjects of these studies are adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18 years (μ=15.68) from different cultures and continents (Europe, Euro-Asia, America and Asia). The effect size obtained from the use of a random-effects model (r=0.3, p<0.000) is significant, moderate and positive, thus confirming the relation between pathologic uses of the Internet and depression. Moreover, meta-regression test results showed that 9% of the variance (R2=0.09) is associated with the male gender, while age and culture are not significant variables. The variability rate of the studies is high (I2=87.085%), as a consequence of heterogeneity rather than publication bias, as Egger's regression test shows (1-tailed p-value=0.25; 2-tailed p-value=0.50, and =1.57). Therefore, the need for specific interventions in secondary education dealing with this issue is evident to ensure that it does not extend into adult life. © 2020, Grupo Comunicar Ediciones. KW - Adolescence KW - Comorbidity KW - Correlation KW - Depression KW - Internet KW - Meta-analysis KW - Moderating effect KW - Pathological use PB - Grupo Comunicar Ediciones SN - 11343478 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Comunicar M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 24 ER - TY - JOUR AU - Klavina, A. AU - Veliks, V. AU - Bebrisa-Fedotova, L. AU - Zusa, A. AU - Porozovs, J. AU - Aniscenko, A. TI - Association Between Problematic Internet Use and Health Risks in Adolescents With and Without Chronic Health Conditions ST - Probleminio interneto naudojimo ir paauglių, sergančių ir nesergančių lėtinėmis ligomis, pavojaus sveikatai ryšys PY - 2023 T2 - Reabilitacijos Mokslai: Slauga, Kineziterapija, Ergoterapija VL - 1 IS - 28 SP - 1 EP - 20 DO - 10.33607/rmske.v1i28.1356 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85164004365&doi=10.33607%2frmske.v1i28.1356&partnerID=40&md5=a05a2a90414ec5c4ef84d5e740918336 AD - Department of Science, Latvian Academy of Sport Education, Riga, Latvia AD - Department of Health Promotion and Rehabilitation, Lithuanian Sports University, Kaunas, Lithuania AD - Department of Education, Psychology and Art, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia AB - Background. Sedentary and unhealthy lifestyle behaviors are modifiable health risks that often develop during adolescence. A comprehensive analysis of unhealthy behaviors in adolescents with and without chronic health conditions (CHC) could inform the development of more effective prevention approaches. The aim. This study aimed to measure associations between Problematic Internet Use (PIU), lifestyle habits and subjective health complaints among adolescents with and without CHC. In addition, health behaviors and prevalence of subjective health complaints between adolescents with and without CHC were compared. Methods. A total of 171 adolescents (87 without CHC and 84 with CHC) completed an online survey. The PIU was assessed by the Problematic and Risky Internet Use Screening Scale. The subjective health complaints assessed were somatic and psychological symptoms. Healthy lifestyle behaviors assessed were daily physical activities, time spent by screens, eating habits, and duration of sleep. Results. The results showed that 21.83% of adolescents with CHC and 36.78% without CHC scored at risk for problematic internet use. Adolescents without CHC reported significantly more frequent psychological health complaints than their peers with CHC. This study found that multiple health complaints and unhealthy eating habits were significantly associated with PIU in adolescents with CHC, while nervousness and eating fast food in adolescents without CHC. Girls without CHC reported significantly higher PRIUSS scores and prevalence of subjective health complaints than boys (p <.05). Conclusions. Adolescents without CHC reported significantly higher levels of moderate and vi-gorous intensity physical activities weekly than their peers with CHC. PIU behaviors are mainly associated with psychological health complaints and unhealthy eating behaviors in adolescents with and without CHC. These findings highlight the need to identify the specific problematic internet use activities that are associated with different health risks in adolescents. © 2023 Aija Klavina, Viktors Veliks, Luize Bebrisa-Fedotova, Anna Zusa, Juris Porozovs, Aleksandrs Aniscenko. Published by Lithuanian Sports University. KW - ado-lescents KW - chronic health conditions KW - health KW - lifestyle behaviors KW - problematic internet use PB - Lithuanian Sports University SN - 20293194 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Reabil. Moksl. Slaug. Kineziter. Ergoter. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 0 ER - TY - JOUR AU - Feijóo, S. AU - Foody, M. AU - Norman, J.O. AU - Pichel, R. AU - Rial, A. TI - Cyberbullies, the cyberbullied, and problematic internet use: Some reasonable similarities ST - Ciberacosados, ciberacosadores y uso problemático de internet: Algunos parecidos razonables PY - 2021 T2 - Psicothema VL - 33 IS - 2 SP - 198 EP - 205 DO - 10.7334/psicothema2020.209 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85105379756&doi=10.7334%2fpsicothema2020.209&partnerID=40&md5=0f07d8abb637bcbaa1b0ae10d4638dbc AD - University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain AD - Dublin City University, Santiago de Compostela, Spain AB - Background: The spread of the internet and Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) have completely changed society in the last few decades. The transfer of traditional face-to-face bullying to the virtual environment is one of the risks adolescents face in this new reality. The present study sought to explore the relationship between involvement in cyberbullying and behaviours such as internet and mobile usage and other risky online behaviours. Method: The sample consisted of 3,188 adolescents aged 12-17 years old (Mean= 14.44; SD= 1.67). Results: The application of the European Cyberbullying Intervention Project Questionnaire (ECIPQ) found that 5.2% were victims, 4.5% perpetrators and 4.3% bully-victims. Conclusions: Results also showed that cyberbullying seems to be associated with both Problematic Internet Use and behaviours such as sexting, gambling and contacting strangers, which suggests a need for a comprehensive approach for preventing all these issues. Moreover, parental monitoring could serve as a modulating factor, which should also be taken into account in the development of appropriate prevention strategies. © 2021 Psicothema. KW - Adolescence KW - Ciberbullying KW - Online risks KW - Problematic internet use KW - Adolescent KW - Bullying KW - Child KW - Crime Victims KW - Cyberbullying KW - Gambling KW - Humans KW - Internet KW - Internet Use KW - Surveys and Questionnaires KW - adolescent KW - bullying KW - child KW - crime victim KW - gambling KW - human KW - Internet KW - questionnaire PB - Colegio Oficial de Psicologos Asturias SN - 02149915 (ISSN) C2 - 33879291 LA - English J2 - Psicothema M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 24; Correspondence Address: S. Feijóo; Faculty of Psychology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Spain; email: sandra.sanmartin@usc.es ER - TY - JOUR AU - Romero, E. AU - Alonso, C. TI - Maladaptative personality traits in adolescence: behavioural, emotional and motivational correlates of the pid-5-bf scales ST - Rasgos desadaptativos de personalidad en la adolescencia: correlatos conductuales, emocionales y motivacionales de las escalas PID-5-BF PY - 2019 T2 - Psicothema VL - 31 IS - 3 SP - 263 EP - 270 DO - 10.7334/psicothema2019.86 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85069595644&doi=10.7334%2fpsicothema2019.86&partnerID=40&md5=e2637cf6f4ad94675221b5b9f68a7028 AD - Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain AB - Background: Despite the recent popularity of the classification for maladaptive traits proposed by the DSM-5, little is known about the implications of these traits in adolescent populations. This study examines the relationship between the five broad maladaptive traits included in the DSM-5 (Negative Affect, Detachment, Antagonism, Disinhibition and Psychoticism) and a wide range of criteria of adolescent functioning: Behavioural (bullying, cyberbullying, victimization, cybervictimization, problematic Internet use, substance use), emotional (negative and positive emotions, life satisfaction, self-esteem, loneliness) and motivational (extrinsic and intrinsic aspirations). Methods: Data were collected from 921 community adolescents, who were administered the brief form of the Personality Inventory for the DSM-5 (PID-5-BF) as well as self-reported measures of the behavioural, emotional and motivational criteria. Results: Antagonism and Disinhibition were the most important traits for behaviour problems, with face-to-face bullying being more associated with maladaptative traits than cyberbullying; Negative Affect, Detachment and Psychoticism were more closely related to emotional dissatisfaction, and adolescents’ goals were associated with most of the maladaptative traits. Conclusions: This study supports the relevance of the PID-5 traits for adolescents, and extends the nomological net of pathological personality traits to multiple facets of emotions, motivations and social behaviour in young people. © 2019, Colegio Oficial de Psicologos Asturias. All rights reserved. KW - Adolescence KW - Bullying KW - Cyberbullying KW - Maladaptive traits KW - PID-5-BF KW - Problematic Internet use KW - Self-determination theory KW - Well-being KW - Adolescent KW - Adolescent Behavior KW - Affect KW - Anhedonia KW - Bullying KW - Crime Victims KW - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders KW - Emotions KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Impulsive Behavior KW - Internet KW - Male KW - Motivation KW - Personal Satisfaction KW - Personality Disorders KW - Personality Inventory KW - Psychotic Disorders KW - Risk-Taking KW - Self Report KW - Sex Factors KW - Social Isolation KW - Substance-Related Disorders KW - adolescent KW - adolescent behavior KW - affect KW - anhedonia KW - bullying KW - crime victim KW - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders KW - drug dependence KW - emotion KW - female KW - high risk behavior KW - human KW - impulsiveness KW - Internet KW - male KW - motivation KW - personality disorder KW - personality test KW - psychology KW - psychosis KW - satisfaction KW - self report KW - sex factor KW - social isolation PB - Colegio Oficial de Psicologos Asturias SN - 02149915 (ISSN) C2 - 31292040 LA - English J2 - Psicothema M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 15 ER - TY - JOUR AU - Eisner-Fellay, T. AU - Akre, C. AU - Auderset, D. AU - Barrense-Dias, Y. AU - Suris, J.-C. TI - Far from acceptable: Youth-reported risk behaviour screening by primary care physicians PY - 2021 T2 - Family Practice VL - 37 IS - 6 SP - 759 EP - 765 DO - 10.1093/FAMPRA/CMAA068 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85097003651&doi=10.1093%2fFAMPRA%2fCMAA068&partnerID=40&md5=27cd03c9c7979cb90e7068994866300b AD - Research Group on Adolescent Health, Department of Epidemiology and Health Services, Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland AB - Background: Adolescence and early adulthood are periods of experimentation during which health detrimental behaviours might be acquired. Objective: This study's purpose is to evaluate physicians' likelihood of addressing health risk behaviours with youths depending on the youths' wishes, risk behaviours and personal characteristics. Methods: Data were drawn from the third wave (2017-18) of the GenerationFRee longitudinal study carried out on a sample of 1970 youths aged 17-26 in Switzerland. Analysed risk behaviours were: eating disorders, substance use, emotional wellbeing, problematic Internet use and gambling. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed, results are presented as adjusted odds ratios (aORs). Results: Physicians discussed most risk behaviours with less than half of the youths. The odds of addressing risk behaviours were seldom raised when the risk behaviour was present, or when the youth wished to discuss it. Emotional wellbeing was addressed with half as many males as females (aOR 0.47), and drugs were found to be addressed more frequently with youths reporting a low family socio-economic status (aOR 6.18). When a risk behaviour is addressed it is mostly alongside an extended screening. Conclusions: This study confirmed the low levels of health risk behaviours screening, regardless of the youths' wish to discuss the topic with their physician. Despite the low levels, physicians do tend to screen systematically, especially when discussing substance use. There is a need to improve physicians training in risk behaviour screening and counselling in order to increase this practice. © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. KW - Adolescents KW - Physician training KW - Prevention KW - Primary care screening KW - Risk behaviours KW - Young adults KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Longitudinal Studies KW - Male KW - Mass Screening KW - Physicians, Primary Care KW - Risk-Taking KW - Substance-Related Disorders KW - adolescent KW - adult KW - Article KW - clinical evaluation KW - controlled study KW - eating disorder KW - economic status KW - emotional well-being KW - female KW - gambling KW - general practitioner KW - health hazard KW - human KW - internet use KW - juvenile KW - longitudinal study KW - male KW - risk behavior KW - sex difference KW - socioeconomics KW - substance use KW - Switzerland KW - drug dependence KW - high risk behavior KW - mass screening PB - Oxford University Press SN - 02632136 (ISSN) C2 - 32634207 LA - English J2 - Fam. Pract. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 1; Correspondence Address: J.-C. Suris; GRSA, DESS/Unisanté, Lausanne, Route de la Corniche 10, 1010, Switzerland; email: Joan-carles.suris@unisante.ch; CODEN: FAPRE ER - TY - JOUR AU - Amendola, S. AU - Presaghi, F. AU - Teo, A.R. AU - Cerutti, R. TI - Psychometric Properties of the Italian Version of the 25-Item Hikikomori Questionnaire for Adolescents PY - 2022 T2 - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health VL - 19 IS - 16 C7 - 10408 DO - 10.3390/ijerph191610408 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85136664249&doi=10.3390%2fijerph191610408&partnerID=40&md5=033104ba43d74abac48b6bd2f9ae3504 AD - Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology and Health Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, 00185, Italy AD - Department of Psychology of Development and Socialization Processes, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, 00185, Italy AD - Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care (CIVIC), VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, 97239, OR, United States AD - Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, 97239, OR, United States AB - Hikikomori is a form of social withdrawal that is commonly described as having an onset during adolescence, a life stage when other psychiatric problems can also emerge. This study aimed to adapt the 25-item Hikikomori Questionnaire (HQ-25) for the Italian adolescent population, examining its psychometric properties; associations between hikikomori and psychoticism, depression, anxiety, problematic internet use (PIU), psychotic-like experiences (PLEs), to confirm convergent validity of the HQ-25; and the interaction effect between symptoms of hikikomori and PIU in predicting PLEs. Two-hundred and twenty-one adolescents participated in the study. Measures included the HQ-25, the Psychoticism subscale of the Personality Inventory for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the Depression and Anxiety subscales of the Brief Symptom Inventory, the Internet Disorder Scale, and the Brief Prodromal Questionnaire. Data showed a satisfactory fit for a three-factor model for the HQ-25 that is consistent with the original study on the HQ-25. Three factors (socialization, isolation, and emotional support) were associated with psychopathology measures. Six participants reported lifetime history of hikikomori. Symptoms of hikikomori and PIU did not interact in predicting PLEs. This is the first study to validate the HQ-25 in a population of adolescents. Findings provide initial evidence of the adequate psychometric properties of the Italian version of the HQ-25 for adolescents. © 2022 by the authors. KW - social avoidance KW - social isolation KW - social withdrawal KW - young people KW - youth KW - Adolescent KW - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders KW - Humans KW - Phobia, Social KW - Psychometrics KW - Shame KW - Surveys and Questionnaires KW - Italy KW - adolescence KW - mental disorder KW - mental health KW - social behavior KW - young population KW - adolescent KW - adult KW - anxiety disorder KW - Article KW - Brief Symptom Inventory KW - child KW - clinical feature KW - controlled study KW - cross-sectional study KW - depression KW - Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale KW - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders KW - emotional support KW - evidence based practice KW - female KW - hikikomori KW - human KW - internet addiction KW - male KW - medical history KW - personality test KW - psychometry KW - psychosis KW - psychosocial withdrawal KW - social avoidance KW - social isolation KW - psychometry KW - questionnaire KW - shame KW - social phobia PB - MDPI SN - 16617827 (ISSN) C2 - 36012042 LA - English J2 - Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 5; Correspondence Address: R. Cerutti; Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology and Health Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, 00185, Italy; email: rita.cerutti@uniroma1.it ER - TY - JOUR AU - Charmaraman, L. AU - Lynch, A.D. AU - Richer, A.M. AU - Grossman, J.M. TI - Associations of early social media initiation on digital behaviors and the moderating role of limiting use PY - 2022 T2 - Computers in Human Behavior VL - 127 C7 - 107053 DO - 10.1016/j.chb.2021.107053 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85117385133&doi=10.1016%2fj.chb.2021.107053&partnerID=40&md5=98c9491a72c0b07846982cfa0391201a AD - Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley College, United States AD - Lynch Research Associates, United States AB - Little is known about the effects of social media initiation on digital behaviors from middle childhood to early adolescence, a critical developmental period marked by peer influence and inaugural access to mobile devices. Participants from middle schools in the Northeast U.S. (N = 773; 11–15 years, Mean = 12.6) completed a cross-sectional survey about social media initiation, digital behaviors, and parental restrictions on digital use. Descriptive results demonstrated that overall early adolescents more frequently engaged in positive digital behaviors compared to negative ones. Results from structural equation models showed that initiating social media platforms, namely Instagram or Snapchat, in later childhood (10 years or younger) was significantly associated with problematic digital behavior outcomes compared to either tween (11–12) and/or teen (13+) initiation, including having online friends or joining social media sites parents would disapprove of, more problematic digital technology behaviors, more unsympathetic online behaviors, and greater likelihood of online harassment and sexual harassment victimization. Additionally, there is evidence to show that childhood initiators demonstrated a greater tendency to engage in supportive or civically-engaged online community behaviors compared to older initiator counterparts. Parental restriction of mobile phone use and a less frequent checking of social media ameliorated some of the negative effects. © 2021 KW - Early adolescence KW - Mobile phones KW - Online harassment KW - Online social support KW - Parental monitoring KW - Problematic internet use KW - Social media KW - Cellular telephones KW - Digital devices KW - Economic and social effects KW - Surveys KW - Cross-sectional surveys KW - Early adolescence KW - Middle school KW - Online harassment KW - Online social support KW - Parental monitoring KW - Problematic Internet use KW - Social media KW - Social support KW - Structural equation models KW - Social networking (online) PB - Elsevier Ltd SN - 07475632 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Comput. Hum. Behav. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 10; Correspondence Address: L. Charmaraman; Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley College, 106 Central Street Wellesley, 02481, United States; email: lcharmar@wellesley.edu; CODEN: CHBEE ER - TY - JOUR AU - Tateno, M. AU - Horie, K. AU - Shirasaka, T. AU - Nanba, K. AU - Shiraishi, E. AU - Tateno, Y. AU - Kato, T.A. TI - Clinical Usefulness of a Short Version of the Internet Addiction Test to Screen for Probable Internet Addiction in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder PY - 2023 T2 - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health VL - 20 IS - 5 C7 - 4670 DO - 10.3390/ijerph20054670 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85149927639&doi=10.3390%2fijerph20054670&partnerID=40&md5=10b86a95da7161dde50c61ceded52793 AD - Tokiwa Child Development Center, Tokiwa Hospital, Tokiwa 3-1-6-1, Minami-ku, Sapporo, 0050853, Japan AD - Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, South-1, West-16, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 0608543, Japan AD - Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi 3-1-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 8128582, Japan AD - Department of Psychiatry, Teine Keijinkai Medical Center, Maeda 1-12-1-40, Teine-ku, Sapporo, 0060811, Japan AB - Internet addiction (IA) is defined as the condition of being addicted to all sorts of activities on the Internet. Individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD), may be susceptible to IA. Early detection and intervention for probable IA are important to prevent severe IA. In this study, we investigated the clinical usefulness of a short version of the Internet Addiction Test (s-IAT) for the screening of IA among autistic adolescents. The subjects were 104 adolescents with a confirmed diagnosis of ASD. They were requested to answer 20 questions from the original Internet Addiction Test (IAT). In the data analysis process, we comparatively calculated the sum of scores to the 12 questions of s-IAT. In total, 14 of the 104 subjects were diagnosed as having IA based on the face-to-face clinical interview that was regarded as the gold standard. Statistical analysis suggested that the optimal cut-off for s-IAT was at 35. When we applied the cut-off of 70 on the IAT, only 2 of 14 subjects (14.3%) with IA were screened positive, whereas 10 (71.4%) of them were screened by using the cut-off point of 35 on s-IAT. The s-IAT might be useful for the screening of IA in adolescents with ASD. © 2023 by the authors. KW - attention deficit hyperactivity disorder KW - autism spectrum disorder KW - behavioral addiction KW - gaming disorder KW - internet addiction KW - internet addiction test KW - neurodevelopmental disorders KW - problematic internet use KW - Adolescent KW - Autism Spectrum Disorder KW - Autistic Disorder KW - Behavior, Addictive KW - Cell Movement KW - Humans KW - Internet KW - Internet Addiction Disorder KW - adolescence KW - autism KW - behavioral response KW - computer KW - Internet KW - mental health KW - psychology KW - adolescent KW - adult KW - Article KW - attention deficit hyperactivity disorder KW - autism KW - behavior disorder assessment KW - behavioral addiction KW - calculation KW - child KW - clinical effectiveness KW - comparative study KW - controlled study KW - Cronbach alpha coefficient KW - data analysis KW - diagnostic test accuracy study KW - diagnostic value KW - female KW - game addiction KW - gold standard KW - human KW - internal consistency KW - internet addiction KW - internet addiction test KW - interview KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - mental disease KW - patient selection KW - predictive value KW - psychometry KW - questionnaire KW - receiver operating characteristic KW - reliability KW - school child KW - screening test KW - sensitivity and specificity KW - sociodemographics KW - statistical analysis KW - young adult KW - addiction KW - cell motion KW - Internet KW - internet addiction PB - MDPI SN - 16617827 (ISSN) C2 - 36901680 LA - English J2 - Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 0; Correspondence Address: M. Tateno; Tokiwa Child Development Center, Tokiwa Hospital, Sapporo, Tokiwa 3-1-6-1, Minami-ku, 0050853, Japan; email: tatema@sapmed.ac.jp ER - TY - JOUR AU - Machimbarrena, J.M. AU - Varona, M.N. AU - Muela, A. AU - González-Cabrera, J. TI - Profiles of Problematic Social Networking Site Use: A Cross-Cultural Validation of a Scale With Spanish and Mexican Adolescents PY - 2023 T2 - Cyberpsychology VL - 17 IS - 3 C7 - 5 DO - 10.5817/CP2023-3-5 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85165556406&doi=10.5817%2fCP2023-3-5&partnerID=40&md5=c6de3e3f88925025efe81810e4c2febe AD - Faculty of Psychology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Donostia, Spain AD - Bioaraba, Research in Care Research Group, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain AD - Osakidetza Basque Health Service, Araba University Hospital, Psychiatry Department, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain AD - Centro de Investigación, Transferencia e Innovación (CITEI), Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR), Logroño, Spain AB - In recent years, increasing interest in social networking site (SNS) use has resulted in a large body of research examining addiction to SNSs. The aim of this study was to cross-culturally validate a Spanish adaptation of the Problematic Social Networking Site Use Scale (PSNUS) based on the General Problematic Internet Use Scale (GPIUS-2) and to stablish profiles by using latent profile analysis (LPA) to compare the proportion of problematic use between Spanish and Mexican adolescents. The sample was composed of 1,534 Spanish and Mexican students (55.0% girls) 15-17 years of age. Confirmatory factor analysis and the invariance of the PSNUS were examined; the scale displayed good structural validity and achieved full metric invariance. The PSNUS demonstrated good reliability indexes, convergent, discriminant, and criterion validity with respect to the number of days the participants used an SNS, the duration of use, and GPIUS-2 dimension scores. LPA based on the five PSNUS dimensions revealed the existence of five profiles: among them, a clear non-problematic user group that comprised 44.6%; an at-risk group that comprised 13.2% of the sample; and a clear problematic user profile making up 2.9% of the sample. This study provides validation of the PSNUS for two Spanish-speaking countries; it may be used as an alternative to the prevailing component model of addiction to SNS use. © Author(s). The articles in Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace are open access articles licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International License which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. KW - adolescence KW - cross-cultural study KW - emotion regulation KW - problematic social networking site use KW - social networking sites PB - Masaryk University SN - 18027962 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Cyberpsychology M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 0; Correspondence Address: J. González-Cabrera; Centro de Investigación, Transferencia e Innovación (CITEI), Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR), Logroño, Avenida de la Paz, 137, 26006, Spain; email: joaquin.gonzalez@unir.net ER - TY - JOUR AU - Yudes, C. AU - Rey, L. AU - Extremera, N. TI - The Moderating Effect of Emotional Intelligence on Problematic Internet Use and Cyberbullying Perpetration Among Adolescents: Gender Differences PY - 2022 T2 - Psychological Reports VL - 125 IS - 6 SP - 2902 EP - 2921 DO - 10.1177/00332941211031792 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85110355097&doi=10.1177%2f00332941211031792&partnerID=40&md5=4977338a9246a4934b37a2e6e9b37800 AD - Department of Developmental Psychology and Education, Faculty of Psychology, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain AD - Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment, University of Malaga, Faculty of Psychology, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain AD - Department of Social Psychology, University of Malaga, Faculty of Psychology, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain AB - A large body of literature has identified the problematic Internet use as a risk factor for cyberbullying perpetration. Nevertheless, the studies on protective factors that may moderate this relationship are still scarce. The purpose of the present study was to examine if the emotional intelligence is a moderator in the relationship between problematic Internet use and cyberbullying perpetration. A total of 2039 Spanish adolescents between 12 to 18 years filled out three self-report questionnaires to evaluate these variables. Results indicated that cyberbullying perpetration was positively associated with problematic Internet use and negatively with emotional intelligence. On the other hand, problematic Internet use was negatively related to emotional intelligence, being this relationship stronger in girls. With respect to the possible buffering effect, emotional intelligence moderated the relation between problematic Internet use and cyberbullying perpetration in boys, especially at lower levels. These findings suggest that emotional intelligence is a personal resource which have an important protective role for the problematic Internet use in adolescents. Implications for the preventive interventions of cyberbullying perpetration are discussed. © The Author(s) 2021. KW - adolescence KW - Cyberbullying KW - emotional intelligence KW - gender KW - Internet use KW - Adolescent KW - Bullying KW - Crime Victims KW - Cyberbullying KW - Emotional Intelligence KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Internet KW - Internet Use KW - Male KW - Sex Factors KW - adolescent KW - bullying KW - crime victim KW - emotional intelligence KW - female KW - human KW - Internet KW - male KW - psychology KW - sex factor PB - SAGE Publications Inc. SN - 00332941 (ISSN) C2 - 34240633 LA - English J2 - Psychol. Rep. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 12; Correspondence Address: C. Yudes; Department of Developmental Psychology and Education, Faculty of Psychology, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain; email: cyudes@uma.es; CODEN: PYRTA ER - TY - JOUR AU - Chang, S.-M. AU - Lin, S.S.J. TI - Online gaming motive profiles in late adolescence and the related longitudinal development of stress, depression, and problematic internet use PY - 2019 T2 - Computers and Education VL - 135 SP - 123 EP - 137 DO - 10.1016/j.compedu.2019.02.003 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85062992088&doi=10.1016%2fj.compedu.2019.02.003&partnerID=40&md5=c0739b3ce3073177ceac9b3b75b39e4a AD - Institute of Education, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, 1001 University Rd, Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan AD - Division of Health Service, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Sec. 2, Kuang-Fu Rd., Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan AB - Many studies have shown that some game motives help to identify the risk for the development of problematic Internet use, especially advancement, escapism and socializing. Previous researchers have investigated multiple risky motives in each study but treated them as individual variables with less concern about their interplay. However, in many studies, the results showed that all gaming motives were correlated, implying the possibility that gamers might endorse multiple motives simultaneously. This study thus adopted a person-centered approach that was capable of distinguishing people with apparent combinations of gaming motives. The first aim of this study was to examine the co-occurrence of three different gaming motives, using latent profile analysis. The second aim of this study was to examine whether there were differences among gamer profiles in their characteristics, problematic Internet use, depression, and other well-being indicators across five time points. Panel data were collected from the same college student sample every six months for 2 years, from 2012 to 2014. At time point 1, a total of 387 freshmen (female = 109; male = 278) were recruited in Taiwan. Four reliable clusters of gamers were identified: high-engagement, medium-engagement, low-engagement, and healthy-engagement. The validated analysis results showed that the high-engagement gamers were risky and had higher depression and problematic Internet use scores than the other gamer clusters from time 1 to time 5. Academic performances had no significant effect on the 4 gamer clusters from time 1 to time 5. When the high-engagement cluster was compared to the healthy-engagement cluster, the major difference was seen in the level of escapism motives and the consequent risk of developing negative psychological symptoms. However, when the healthy-engagement cluster was compared to the low-engagement cluster, there were no significant differences in their level of escapism motive or psychological outcomes in depression and problematic Internet use (PIU) scores. Taken together, these findings imply that the endorsement of the escapism motive might be a risky inner factor for depression, PIU, and other well-being indicators in college gamers. Based on our findings, the person-centered study may provide further insights to help gamers with functional impairment. In addition, intervention programs can be designed to bring awareness to gamers’ own escapism motives and to persuade them to face the pressures and problems in real life. © 2019 KW - Advancement KW - College students KW - Depression KW - Escapism KW - Gaming motives KW - Internet gaming disorder KW - Late adolescent KW - Problematic internet use KW - Socializing KW - Stress KW - Computer science KW - Education KW - Stresses KW - Advancement KW - College students KW - Depression KW - Escapism KW - Gaming motives KW - Internet gaming KW - Late adolescent KW - Problematic Internet use KW - Socializing KW - Students PB - Elsevier Ltd SN - 03601315 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Comput Educ M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 19; Correspondence Address: S.S.J. Lin; Institute of Education, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, Hsinchu, 1001 University Rd, 300, Taiwan; email: sunnylin@mail.nctu.edu.tw; CODEN: COMED ER - TY - JOUR AU - Verrastro, V. AU - Albanese, C.A. AU - Ritella, G. AU - Gugliandolo, M.C. AU - Cuzzocrea, F. TI - Empathy, social self-efficacy, problematic internet use, and problematic online gaming between early and late adolescence PY - 2021 T2 - Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking VL - 24 IS - 12 SP - 806 EP - 814 DO - 10.1089/cyber.2021.0042 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85121304272&doi=10.1089%2fcyber.2021.0042&partnerID=40&md5=a6a342e50be334319070637d92d51332 AD - Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University "magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy AD - Department of Human Sciences, Society and Health, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Cassino, Italy AD - Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki, PL 9 (Siltavuorenpenger 1A), Helsinki, 00014, Finland AD - Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy AD - Department of Health Sciences, University "magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy AB - This study aims to investigate the relationship between empathy, social self-efficacy, problematic Internet use (PIU), and problematic online gaming (POG) and to evaluate how such relationship varies according to the age of the participants. A sample of 1,585 Italian students, both genders, aged 12-20 years, were divided into three groups according to the age filled in these self-report questionnaires: PIU; Game Addiction Scale for Adolescents; Interpersonal Reactivity Index; Scale of Social Self-Efficacy; Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. The results allow to confirm that in the Italian context the relationships between the examined constructs change across the three age groups considered in the study. PIU and POG, as well as prosocial behaviors and personal distress, tend to significantly decrease in late adolescence (age 18-20 years); 15-17 years adolescents reported more empathic concern compared with the other groups. PIU and POG are affected by empathy and social-self efficacy in different ways depending on age, suggesting that the two conditions have an at least partially different nature. The different components of empathy seem to play a different role in the development of either PIU or POG confirming the need to separate the components of empathy. © 2021, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2021. KW - Adolescence KW - Empathy KW - Problematic internet use KW - Problematic online gaming KW - Prosocial behavior KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Behavior, Addictive KW - Empathy KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Internet KW - Internet Use KW - Male KW - Self Efficacy KW - Video Games KW - Young Adult KW - addiction KW - adolescent KW - adult KW - empathy KW - female KW - human KW - Internet KW - male KW - self concept KW - video game KW - young adult PB - Mary Ann Liebert Inc. SN - 21522715 (ISSN) C2 - 34515543 LA - English J2 - Cyberpsychol. Behav. Soc. Networking M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 3; Correspondence Address: G. Ritella; Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, PL 9 (Siltavuorenpenger 1A), 00014, Finland; email: giuseppe.ritella@helsinki.fi ER - TY - JOUR AU - Wang, F. AU - Bao, Z. AU - Yu, M. AU - Chu, Y. AU - Liu, X. TI - The relationship between psychological capital and Chinese adolescents’ problematic Internet use: A cross-lagged panel study PY - 2023 T2 - Current Psychology DO - 10.1007/s12144-023-04684-0 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85153793314&doi=10.1007%2fs12144-023-04684-0&partnerID=40&md5=ce478b631620670d014a98d1b912f7d4 AD - School of Educational Science, Gannan Normal University, Shiyuan South Road, Rongjiang New District, Ganzhou, 341000, China AB - The present study aimed to examine the bidirectional relationship between indigenous psychological capital (i.e., task-oriented psychological capital and guanxi-oriented psychological capital) and adolescent problematic Internet use (PIU) in the context of Chinese culture. The participants were 980 adolescents (M age = 14.99, SD = 1.69) recruited from two middle schools in southern China. They provided self-report data on indigenous psychological capital and PIU as well as demographic variables at the beginning and the end of a school year. After controlling for gender and stressful life events, the results showed that (1) Task-oriented psychological capital and guanxi-oriented psychological capital at the beginning of the school year respectively predicted adolescent PIU at the end of the school year. (2) PIU at the beginning of the school year negatively predicted individuals’ task-oriented and guanxi-oriented psychological capital at the end of the school year. (3) There were no gender differences in bidirectional relationship between indigenous psychological capital and Chinese adolescents’ PIU. These findings help us understand the causes and results of PIU among Chinese adolescents and inspire related interventions for PIU and psychological capital. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. KW - Adolescence KW - Cross-lagged panel analysis KW - Problematic Internet use KW - Psychological capital PB - Springer SN - 10461310 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Curr. Psychol. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 0; Correspondence Address: Z. Bao; School of Educational Science, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, Shiyuan South Road, Rongjiang New District, 341000, China; email: baozhenzhou0819@163.com ER - TY - JOUR AU - Benvenuti, M. AU - Panesi, S. AU - Giovagnoli, S. AU - Selleri, P. AU - Mazzoni, E. TI - Teens online: how perceived social support influences the use of the Internet during adolescence PY - 2023 T2 - European Journal of Psychology of Education DO - 10.1007/s10212-023-00705-5 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85160298000&doi=10.1007%2fs10212-023-00705-5&partnerID=40&md5=49f7ba4b0fd518084aa751bd226a920b AD - Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, P.zza A. Moro, 90, FC, Cesena, 47521, Italy AD - Istituto per le Tecnologie Didattiche (ITD) Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CRN), Via de Marini, 6, GE, Genoa, 16149, Italy AB - Abstract: This study analyses the role of social support in Internet use, focusing on when it leads to problematic or functional use in male and female adolescents. Three research hypotheses state: (1) when offline social support is low, online social support leads to a problematic Internet use; (2) when offline social support is high, online social support leads to a functional Internet use; (3) significant differences between male and female adolescents in both the online and offline dimensions considered. Results showed that the positive social interaction factor of online social support positively predicts problematic Internet use and that the latter is negatively affected by offline social support (affectionate dimension). Furthermore, online social support predicts functional Internet use (positive social interaction factor), while offline social support has no such effect. Finally, gender differences occur: males show higher problematic Internet use, and a higher number of friends and acquaintances than females, while females show higher online and offline social support than males. Implications of this research are particularly relevant for schools (e.g., teachers), families (parents, caregivers, etc.), and policy maker, so that they can support adolescents in the construction and development of offline friendly relationships and promote a functional use of the Internet for preventing its negative effects with active educational policies. © 2023, The Author(s). KW - Adolescence KW - Functional Internet use KW - Gender differences KW - Offline social support KW - Online social support KW - Problematic Internet use PB - Springer Science and Business Media B.V. SN - 02562928 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Eur. J. Psychol. Educ. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 0; Correspondence Address: M. Benvenuti; Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Cesena, P.zza A. Moro, 90, FC, 47521, Italy; email: martina.benvenuti2@unibo.it ER - TY - JOUR AU - Wartberg, L. AU - Kammerl, R. TI - Empirical relationships between problematic alcohol use and a problematic use of video games, social media and the internet and their associations to mental health in adolescence PY - 2020 T2 - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health VL - 17 IS - 17 C7 - 6098 SP - 1 EP - 11 DO - 10.3390/ijerph17176098 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85089666995&doi=10.3390%2fijerph17176098&partnerID=40&md5=f2f1d760ad6f429cacd016de552657e3 AD - Department Psychology, Faculty of Life Sciences, MSH Medical School Hamburg, Hamburg, 20457, Germany AD - Department of Education, Chair for Pedagogy with a Focus on Media Education, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Nuremberg, 90478, Germany AB - Adolescents frequently show risky behavior, and these problematic behavior patterns often do not occur in isolation, but together. Problematic alcohol use is widespread among youth, as is problematic use of the Internet and of specific online applications (video games or social media). However, there is still a lack of findings for minors regarding the relations between these behavioral patterns (particularly between problematic alcohol use and problematic gaming or problematic social media use). Standardized instruments were used to survey problematic alcohol use, problematic gaming, problematic social media use, problematic Internet use and mental health among 633 adolescents (mean age: 15.79 years). Bivariate correlation and multivariable linear regression analyses were conducted. The correlation analyses showed statistically significant positive bivariate relationships between all four behavioral patterns each. Antisocial behavior was related to all problematic behavioral patterns. Whereas, emotional distress, self-esteem problems and hyperactivity/inattention were associated with substance-unrelated problematic behavior patterns only. Anger control problems were related to problematic alcohol use and problematic gaming. In adolescence, the findings revealed small effect sizes between substance-related and substance-unrelated problematic behavior patterns, but moderate to large effect sizes within substance-unrelated behavioral patterns. Similarities and differences were found in the relations between the behavioral patterns and mental health. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. KW - Adolescent KW - Alcohol KW - Facebook addiction KW - Gaming disorder KW - Internet addiction KW - Internet gaming disorder KW - Pathological Internet use KW - Problem drinking KW - Social media addiction KW - Social networking site addiction KW - Adolescent KW - Adolescent Behavior KW - Alcohol Drinking KW - Behavior, Addictive KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Internet KW - Male KW - Mental Health KW - Prospective Studies KW - Social Media KW - Video Games KW - alcohol consumption KW - correlation KW - empirical analysis KW - Internet KW - mental health KW - multivariate analysis KW - regression analysis KW - social media KW - young population KW - adolescent KW - alcoholism KW - anger KW - antisocial behavior KW - Article KW - behavior assessment KW - correlation analysis KW - descriptive research KW - disease association KW - educational status KW - emotional stress KW - female KW - game addiction KW - health care survey KW - human KW - hyperactivity KW - internet addiction KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - mental health KW - psychologic test KW - self esteem KW - social media addiction KW - substance use KW - addiction KW - adolescent behavior KW - drinking behavior KW - Internet KW - prospective study KW - social media KW - video game PB - MDPI AG SN - 16617827 (ISSN) C2 - 32825700 LA - English J2 - Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 23; Correspondence Address: R. Kammerl; Department of Education, Chair for Pedagogy with a Focus on Media Education, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Nuremberg, 90478, Germany; email: rudolf.kammerl@fau.de ER - TY - JOUR AU - Wang, H. TI - The Effects of School Climate, Parent-Child Closeness, and Peer Relations on the Problematic Internet Use of Chinese Adolescents: Testing the Mediating Role of Self-Esteem and Depression PY - 2022 T2 - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health VL - 19 IS - 13 C7 - 7583 DO - 10.3390/ijerph19137583 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85132264760&doi=10.3390%2fijerph19137583&partnerID=40&md5=7bb47de952bf9b439e9c77c811a38791 AD - School of Sociology and Population Studies, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210023, China AB - Although previous research has investigated the associations among family factors, school factors, peer factors, and problematic Internet use, its causal direction has not been verified, particularly in the Chinese context. Using school-based data, this study aims to explore the possible causal direction among school climate, parent-child closeness, peer relations, and the problematic Internet use of Chinese adolescents. Nine hundred and sixty students in junior and senior high schools participated in a questionnaire survey. The results showed that parent–child closeness, school climate, and peer relations had a significantly direct effect on the problematic Internet use of Chinese adolescents. Meanwhile, the effects of parent-child closeness, school climate, and peer relations on problematic Internet use were mediated by self-esteem and depression. Implications are also discussed to prevent the problematic Internet use of adolescents. © 2022 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. KW - adolescents KW - parent-child closeness KW - peer relations KW - problematic internet use KW - school climate KW - Adolescent KW - Behavior, Addictive KW - China KW - Depression KW - Humans KW - Internet KW - Internet Use KW - Parent-Child Relations KW - adolescence KW - child care KW - Internet KW - mental health KW - social behavior KW - survey method KW - adolescent KW - antisocial behavior KW - Article KW - awareness KW - child parent relation KW - climate KW - depression KW - environmental factor KW - female KW - human KW - internet addiction KW - intimacy KW - loss of appetite KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - peer group KW - physiological stress KW - prevalence KW - self control KW - self esteem KW - sleep disorder KW - social anxiety KW - social behavior KW - social evolution KW - social media addiction KW - wellbeing KW - addiction KW - child parent relation KW - China KW - depression KW - Internet PB - MDPI SN - 16617827 (ISSN) C2 - 35805237 LA - English J2 - Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 3; Correspondence Address: H. Wang; School of Sociology and Population Studies, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210023, China; email: wanghua@njupt.edu.cn ER - TY - JOUR AU - Arrivillaga, C. AU - Rey, L. AU - Extremera, N. TI - Adolescents’ problematic internet and smartphone use is related to suicide ideation: Does emotional intelligence make a difference? PY - 2020 T2 - Computers in Human Behavior VL - 110 C7 - 106375 DO - 10.1016/j.chb.2020.106375 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85083517815&doi=10.1016%2fj.chb.2020.106375&partnerID=40&md5=505801eb651f9a166007b0c95757c74e AD - University of Málaga Department of Social Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain AB - Problematic Internet and smartphone usage among adolescents has become an alarming social problem. Previous research suggests a detrimental effect of Internet and smartphone problematic use on psychological adjustment. Therefore, it is important to identify protective factors that may ameliorate these deleterious mental health consequences. We examined emotional intelligence as a potential moderator in the association between problematic Internet and smartphone use and suicide ideation in a sample of 2196 (1008 male; 1188 female) Spanish adolescents. Results showed that problematic Internet and smartphone use was significantly associated with suicide ideation. Emotional intelligence scores were negatively associated with both problematic Internet and smartphone use and suicide ideation. Finally, results of moderation analyses indicated that emotional intelligence moderates the negative link between problematic Internet and smartphone use and suicide risk. Specifically, a weaker association between problematic Internet and smartphone usage and suicidal ideation was found among adolescents with higher emotional intelligence. These findings reinforce the notion that emotional intelligence might be a protective factor in adolescents, helping them to reduce the negative symptoms associated to problematic Internet and smartphone use. Implications of these findings for the prevention of psychological maladjustment associated to Internet and smartphone problematic usage in adolescents are discussed. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd KW - Adolescence KW - Emotional intelligence KW - Problematic internet use KW - Problematic smartphone use KW - Suicide ideation KW - Smartphones KW - Mental health KW - Social problems KW - Suicidal ideation KW - Emotional intelligence PB - Elsevier Ltd SN - 07475632 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Comput. Hum. Behav. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 41; Correspondence Address: N. Extremera; Department of Social Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Málaga, Malaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, Málaga, 29071, Spain; email: nextremera@uma.es; CODEN: CHBEE ER - TY - JOUR AU - Fontana, A. AU - Benzi, I.M.A. AU - Cipresso, P. TI - Problematic internet use as a moderator between personality dimensions and internalizing and externalizing symptoms in adolescence PY - 2023 T2 - Current Psychology VL - 42 IS - 22 SP - 19419 EP - 19428 DO - 10.1007/s12144-021-02409-9 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85123222779&doi=10.1007%2fs12144-021-02409-9&partnerID=40&md5=e912ad9b74be265b07c534ab1b7d5535 AD - Department of Human Sciences, LUMSA University, Piazza delle Vaschette 101, Rome, 00193, Italy AD - Applied Technology for Neuro-Psychology Lab, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy AD - Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy AB - Digital technology use plays an essential role in adolescents’ psychological adjustment, impacting their mental health and well-being. In this scenario, Problematic Internet Use (PIU) is a risky condition for developing behavioral addiction in adolescence. Most of the research on PIU in adolescence focus on dimensions that may amplify or buffer it, finding significant associations between PIU and interpersonal problems with peers, maladaptive personality traits, low self-esteem, emotion dysregulation, and increasing psychological difficulties. It has been suggested that PIU might represent a maladaptive coping strategy to tackle problematic psychosocial functioning. In this line, the current cross-sectional study focused on PIU’s role in the association between personality dimensions and internalizing/externalizing problems. Two-hundred thirty-one middle and late adolescents (age range 15–19 years; 62% Female) attending public junior high schools in Italy completed the Internet Addiction Test (IAT), the Adolescent Personality Structure Questionnaire (APS-Q), and the Youth Self Report (YSR). Moderation analyses were used to test the hypothesis that higher PIU amplifies the relationship between maladaptive personality dimensions and psychological symptoms. Results indicated that only high PIU influenced the relationship between difficulties in building significant relationships with peers and internalizing problems. Conversely, PIU buffered the relationship between difficulties in adolescents’ sense of self (identity) and internalizing problems and the association between aggression regulation and internalizing problems, supporting the role of PIU as a maladaptive coping strategy. These findings encourage accurately evaluating PIU as a risk factor in adolescence: (1) considering how high PIU’s presence should impact the relationship between adolescent personality and the quality of their relationships with peers; (2) acknowledging the role of PIU as a regulation strategy for identity difficulties and aggression dysregulation. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. KW - Adolescence KW - Externalizing problems KW - Internalizing problems KW - Personality development KW - Problematic internet use KW - Psychopathological symptoms PB - Springer SN - 10461310 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Curr. Psychol. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 7; Correspondence Address: A. Fontana; Department of Human Sciences, LUMSA University, Rome, Piazza delle Vaschette 101, 00193, Italy; email: a.fontana2@lumsa.it ER - TY - JOUR AU - Garmendia, M. AU - Karrera, I. AU - Larrañaga, N. AU - Garitaonandia, C. TI - The role of school mediation in the development of digital skills among Spanish minors PY - 2021 T2 - Profesional de la Informacion VL - 30 IS - 6 C7 - e300615 DO - 10.3145/epi.2021.nov.15 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85124908806&doi=10.3145%2fepi.2021.nov.15&partnerID=40&md5=8016337181211fb673aa4ba9dca1f81d AD - Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibersitatea Fac. de Educación, Filosofía y Antropología Edificio II, Plaza Oñati, 3, Donostia San Sebastián, 20018, Spain AD - Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibersitatea Fac. de Educación, Filosofía y Antropología Edificio I, Avda de Tolosa, 70, Donostia San Sebastián, 20018, Spain AB - Given the growing importance of digital literacy in children’s education, this article analyzes the role of school mediation in the development of digital competences among Spanish minors. Based on the results obtained from a survey of 2,900 Spanish schoolchildren between the ages of 9 and 17 years conducted at the end of 2018, we explore their attachment to their school, the digital mediation they receive at the center, and their digital competences. The data show that they have a positive feeling of belonging to their school. The most widespread competences among minors are precisely those most related to the playful use of digital devices. Analysis of the association between school mediation and the acquisition of various types of digital skills shows that mediation is effective in the acquisition of most competences among pre-adolescents, confirming the need for early school mediation. There is no doubt that media and digital education contributes to the achievement of more inclusive environments. Educational policies oriented toward safer use of the Internet and a change in the pedagogical paradigm in primary and secondary education should contribute to enhanced development of digital skills during childhood and adolescence. © 2021, El Profesional de la Informacion. All rights reserved. KW - Abilities KW - Adolescents KW - Aptitudes KW - Children KW - Digital competences KW - Digital skills KW - Educational use of the computer KW - Girls KW - Internet KW - Kids KW - Literacy KW - Primary school KW - Problematic internet use KW - School environment KW - School mediation KW - Secondary school KW - Skills KW - Technologic education KW - Teenagers PB - El Profesional de la Informacion SN - 13866710 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Prof. Inf. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 2 ER - TY - JOUR AU - Badenes-Ribera, L. AU - Fabris, M.A. AU - Gastaldi, F.G.M. AU - Prino, L.E. AU - Longobardi, C. TI - Parent and peer attachment as predictors of facebook addiction symptoms in different developmental stages (early adolescents and adolescents) PY - 2019 T2 - Addictive Behaviors VL - 95 SP - 226 EP - 232 DO - 10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.05.009 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85065596262&doi=10.1016%2fj.addbeh.2019.05.009&partnerID=40&md5=be847d4fa077d2a00d47f75e6ed9c3ac AD - Department of Methodology of the Behavioral Sciences, University of Valencia, Spain AD - Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Italy AD - Department of Philosophy and Educational Science, University of Turin, Italy AB - Facebook Addiction (FA)is a problem that concerns minors all over the world. The attachment bond with peers and parents has been proven to be a risk factor for the onset of FA. However, the family and peer group can have a different importance depending on the developmental period of the minor. This study examined the influence of peer and parental attachment on the symptoms of FA in early adolescents and adolescents to verify whether attachment to peers and parents predicts FA symptoms in both categories respectively. The sample was composed of 598 participants (142 early adolescents)between the ages of 11 and 17 years (M age = 14.82, SD = 1.52)recruited in the school setting. Multivariate multiple regressions were performed. For early adolescents the relationships with their parents influenced the levels of FA the most (such as withdrawal, conflict, and relapse), whereas peer relationships (such as, peer alienation)were the most relevant for adolescents. Our study provides support to the role of attachment to peers and parents as a risk factor for symptoms of FA. In line with developmental theories, parents and peers acquire a different weight in predicting the relationship between attachment and FA for early adolescents and adolescents respectively. Clinical implications and future research directions are discussed. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd KW - Adolescence KW - Facebook addiction KW - Parent attachment KW - Peer attachment KW - Problematic internet use KW - Adolescent KW - Affect KW - Behavior, Addictive KW - Child KW - Communication KW - Dissent and Disputes KW - Family Conflict KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Interpersonal Relations KW - Italy KW - Male KW - Object Attachment KW - Online Social Networking KW - Parent-Child Relations KW - Peer Group KW - Risk Factors KW - Social Alienation KW - Trust KW - addiction KW - adolescent KW - Article KW - child KW - conflict KW - controlled study KW - developmental stage KW - emotional attachment KW - facebook addiction KW - female KW - health practitioner KW - human KW - internet addiction KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - mental health KW - multiple regression KW - parent KW - peer group KW - perception KW - relapse KW - risk factor KW - symptomatology KW - addiction KW - affect KW - child parent relation KW - family conflict KW - human relation KW - interpersonal communication KW - Italy KW - object relation KW - psychology KW - social alienation KW - trust PB - Elsevier Ltd SN - 03064603 (ISSN) C2 - 31103243 LA - English J2 - Addict. Behav. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 67; Correspondence Address: C. Longobardi; Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Turin, Via Po 14, 10123, Italy; email: Claudio.longobardi@unito.it; CODEN: ADBED ER - TY - JOUR AU - Brighi, A. AU - Menin, D. AU - Skrzypiec, G. AU - Guarini, A. TI - Young, bullying, and connected. Common pathways to cyberbullying and problematic internet use in adolescence PY - 2019 T2 - Frontiers in Psychology VL - 10 IS - JULY C7 - 1467 DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01467 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85069502130&doi=10.3389%2ffpsyg.2019.01467&partnerID=40&md5=8f16e8b1743e77f477e761fba2249f55 AD - Faculty of Education, Campus of Bressanone, Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, Bolzano, Italy AD - Department of Education, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy AD - College of Education, Psychology, and Social Work, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia AD - Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy AB - Cyberbullying perpetration (CBP) and problematic Internet use (PIU) are the most studied risky online activities for adolescents in the current generation. However, few studies have investigated the relationship between CBP and PIU. Still lacking is a clear understanding of common or differentiated risk and protective pathways for adolescents interacting in the cyber world. The aim of this study was to understand the role of individual (emotional symptoms) and environmental variables (parental monitoring) underpinning both CBP and PIU, with time spent online as a mediator of these factors. Furthermore, we investigated gender and school level differences in these dynamics. A questionnaire was filled in by 3,602 students from Italian Lower Secondary Schools and Upper Secondary Schools. Structural equation modeling was used to test the effects of emotional symptoms and parental monitoring on CBP and PIU mediated by time spent online, controlling for school level. In addition, the model was implemented for girls and boys, respectively. Negative emotional symptoms and low levels of parental monitoring were risk factors for both CBP and PIU, and their effect was mediated by the time spent online. In addition, parental monitoring highlighted the strongest total effect on both CBP and PIU. Risk and protective pathways were similar in girls and boys across Lower Secondary and Upper Secondary Schools, although there were some slight differences. CBP and PIU are the outcomes of an interplay between risk factors in the individual and environmental systems. The results highlight the need to design interventions to reduce emotional symptoms among adolescents, to support parental monitoring, and to regulate the time spent online by adolescents in order to prevent risky online activities. © 2019 Brighi, Menin, Skrzypiec and Guarini. KW - Adolescence KW - Cyberbullying perpetration KW - Emotional symptoms KW - Family KW - Parental monitoring KW - Problematic Internet use KW - Risk factors KW - Time online PB - Frontiers Media S.A. SN - 16641078 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Front. Psychol. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 29; Correspondence Address: A. Brighi; Faculty of Education, Campus of Bressanone, Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, Bolzano, Italy; email: antonella.brighi@unibz.it ER - TY - JOUR AU - Germani, A. AU - Lopez, A. AU - Martini, E. AU - Cicchella, S. AU - De Fortuna, A.M. AU - Dragone, M. AU - Pizzini, B. AU - Troisi, G. AU - De Luca Picione, R. TI - The Relationships between Compulsive Internet Use, Alexithymia, and Dissociation: Gender Differences among Italian Adolescents PY - 2023 T2 - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health VL - 20 IS - 14 C7 - 6431 DO - 10.3390/ijerph20146431 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85166017326&doi=10.3390%2fijerph20146431&partnerID=40&md5=6f90f7e0ae81a76cca2ed4d37c746142 AD - Faculty of Law, Giustino Fortunato University, Benevento, 82100, Italy AD - Department of Educational Sciences, Psychology, Communication, University of Bari, Bari, 70122, Italy AD - Department of Communication Sciences, Humanities and International Studies (DISCUI), University of Urbino, Urbino, 61029, Italy AB - Internet Gaming Disorder, Internet Addiction, Problematic Internet Use and Compulsive Internet Use cause distress and significant impairment in important areas of a person’s functioning, in particular among young people. The literature has indicated that males show higher levels of problematic internet use than females. People can use the internet to avoid or alleviate negative affects; in fact, problematic internet use is associated with alexithymia and dissociation. Few studies have focused on the different stages of adolescence, gender differences, and the relationships between the aforementioned variables. This research aims to fill this gap. Five hundred and ninety-four adolescents aged between 13 and 19 filled in the Compulsive Internet Use Scale, the Toronto Alexithymia Scale, the Adolescents Dissociative Experiences Scale, and other ad hoc measures. Surprisingly, females reported higher compulsive internet use compared with males. Moreover, they referred more difficulties/symptoms and greater levels of alexithymia than males. No differences across the stages of adolescence were found. Different strengths in the relationships between variables were found according to gender. Moderated mediation analyses indicated that dissociation is an important mediator in the relation between alexithymia and Compulsive Internet Use only among females. This study shed new light on gender differences around problematic internet use and some related risk factors, in order to identify and develop prevention and treatment programs to face this topical and relevant issue. © 2023 by the authors. KW - adolescence KW - age KW - alexithymia KW - dissociation KW - gender KW - internet KW - mediation KW - moderation KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Affective Symptoms KW - Behavior, Addictive KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Internet KW - Internet Use KW - Italy KW - Male KW - Sex Factors KW - Young Adult KW - adolescence KW - gender disparity KW - gender issue KW - health risk KW - Internet KW - mental disorder KW - mental health KW - risk factor KW - adolescence KW - adolescent KW - adolescent behavior KW - adult KW - age KW - alexithymia KW - Article KW - behavior assessment KW - clinical feature KW - Compulsive Internet Use Scale KW - controlled study KW - cross-sectional study KW - disease association KW - dissociative disorder KW - dissociative experiences scale KW - female KW - gender KW - high school student KW - human KW - Internet KW - internet addiction KW - internet use KW - Italian (citizen) KW - male KW - mediation analysis KW - medical education KW - mental dissociation KW - prevention KW - risk factor KW - sex difference KW - Toronto Alexithymia scale KW - addiction KW - emotional disorder KW - Italy KW - sex factor KW - young adult PB - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) SN - 16617827 (ISSN) C2 - 37510663 LA - English J2 - Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 1; Correspondence Address: R. De Luca Picione; Faculty of Law, Giustino Fortunato University, Benevento, 82100, Italy; email: r.delucapicione@unifortunato.eu ER - TY - JOUR AU - Kircaburun, K. AU - Griffiths, M.D. AU - Billieux, J. TI - Childhood Emotional Maltreatment and Problematic Social Media Use Among Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Body Image Dissatisfaction PY - 2020 T2 - International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction VL - 18 IS - 6 SP - 1536 EP - 1547 DO - 10.1007/s11469-019-0054-6 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85060141905&doi=10.1007%2fs11469-019-0054-6&partnerID=40&md5=4635e1964e0dd0fa602f96dbdd4a6da8 AD - Computer and Instructional Technologies Department, Duzce University, Duzce, Turkey AD - International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom AD - Addictive and Compulsive Behaviours Lab, Institute for Health and Behaviour, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg AB - Preliminary evidence suggests that childhood maltreatment is associated with higher problematic social media use (PSMU). It has also been established that childhood emotional maltreatment (CEM) is associated with body image dissatisfaction (BID). However, the direct and indirect impacts of CEM on PSMU via BID remain untested. The present study examined these direct and indirect relationships among a sample of 385 adolescents (mean age 15.62 years, range 14–18 years). Results indicated that female adolescents had higher levels of CEM, BID, and PSMU compared to males. Structural equation modeling indicated that CEM was indirectly associated with PSMU via BID among males. However, only BID was positively associated with PSMU among females. The findings are in accordance with theoretical models suggesting that individuals’ core characteristics including early childhood experiences and psychopathological factors are associated with different types of specific internet-use disorders. © 2019, The Author(s). KW - Adolescence KW - Body image KW - Childhood maltreatment KW - Internet addiction KW - Problematic internet use KW - Problematic social media use KW - Trauma PB - Springer SN - 15571874 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Int. J. Ment. Health Addict. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 30; Correspondence Address: M.D. Griffiths; International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom; email: mark.griffiths@ntu.ac.uk ER - TY - JOUR AU - Maftei, A. AU - Enea, V. TI - Symptoms of internet gaming disorder and parenting styles in romanian adolescents PY - 2020 T2 - Psihologija VL - 53 IS - 3 SP - 307 EP - 318 DO - 10.2298/PSI190808008M UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85089274469&doi=10.2298%2fPSI190808008M&partnerID=40&md5=80d3ceb2a90516535eaade0476b8d847 AD - Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi, Romania AB - Online video gaming has been endorsed as a potential addictive behavior with negative psychological and functional consequences and has been extensively studied among adolescents and young individuals. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to estimate the prevalence of symptoms of the Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) in a sample of 278 Romanian early adolescents (aged 10 to 14, 52.5% females) and their parents, and to examine the role of parental styles of parents in predicting the symptoms of IGD in their children. Statistical analyses showed that 31 (22%) adolescents had clinically relevant symptoms of IGD. A logistic regression model revealed that a dominant permissive style of parents was substantially related to symptoms of IGD in their children. Findings highlight a strong correlation between parenting styles and symptoms of IGD, emphasizing the importance of parental involvement in both the prevention and development of IGD in early adolescence. © 2020 by authors. KW - Internet gaming disorder KW - Parenting style KW - Problematic internet use PB - Serbian Psychological Society SN - 00485705 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Psihologija M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 7; Correspondence Address: A. Maftei; Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi, Romania; email: psihologamaftei@gmail.com ER - TY - JOUR AU - Wartberg, L. AU - Lindenberg, K. TI - Predictors of spontaneous remission of problematic internet use in adolescence: A one-year follow-up study PY - 2020 T2 - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health VL - 17 IS - 2 C7 - 448 DO - 10.3390/ijerph17020448 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85077888207&doi=10.3390%2fijerph17020448&partnerID=40&md5=624d3c8b6489bd2692cbb26d8a64a68e AD - Department Psychology, Faculty of Life Sciences, MSH Medical School Hamburg, Hamburg, 20457, Germany AD - Institute for Psychology, University of Education Heidelberg, Heidelberg, 69120, Germany AB - Problematic use of the Internet is becoming increasingly important and especially for adolescents, high prevalence rates are reported in many countries. Despite the growing international research activities and the reported prevalence estimates, comparatively very few studies have focused on spontaneous remission and its possible causes. In a risk population of 272 adolescents, we used standardized diagnostic instruments to investigate which socio-demographic and psychosocial characteristics at baseline (at t1) predicted spontaneous remission of problematic Internet use one year later (at t2). The predictors were determined by bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses. In the bivariate regressions, we found male gender, higher self-efficacy (t1), a lower level of maladaptive emotion regulation strategies (t1), lower depression (t1), lower performance and school anxiety (t1), lower social-interaction anxiety (t1), and lower procrastination (t1) to predict spontaneous remission of problematic Internet use at t2. In the multivariable analysis, a lower level of maladaptive emotion regulation strategies (t1) was the sole statistically significant predictor for the remission one year later (t2). For the first time, the high relevance of emotion regulation for spontaneous remission of adolescent problematic Internet use was observed. Based on these findings, emotion regulation could be specifically trained and promoted in future prevention measures. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. KW - Adolescent KW - Emotion regulation KW - Gaming disorder KW - Internet addiction KW - Internet gaming disorder KW - Longitudinal study KW - Pathological Internet use KW - Psychopathology KW - Remission KW - Self-efficacy KW - Adolescent KW - Anxiety Disorders KW - Behavior, Addictive KW - Depression KW - Female KW - Follow-Up Studies KW - Humans KW - Internet KW - Interpersonal Relations KW - Male KW - Prevalence KW - Remission, Spontaneous KW - Video Games KW - demography KW - future prospect KW - Internet KW - pathology KW - prediction KW - psychology KW - regression analysis KW - social behavior KW - young population KW - adolescent KW - anxiety KW - Article KW - bivariate analysis KW - controlled study KW - demography KW - depression KW - diagnostic test KW - disease severity KW - emotionality KW - female KW - follow up KW - functional status KW - gender KW - human KW - internet addiction KW - major clinical study KW - maladjustment KW - male KW - population research KW - prediction KW - procrastination KW - regression analysis KW - remission KW - self concept KW - social interaction KW - social psychology KW - standardization KW - addiction KW - anxiety disorder KW - human relation KW - Internet KW - prevalence KW - psychology KW - video game PB - MDPI AG SN - 16617827 (ISSN) C2 - 31936677 LA - English J2 - Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 27; Correspondence Address: K. Lindenberg; Institute for Psychology, University of Education Heidelberg, Heidelberg, 69120, Germany; email: lindenberg@ph-heidelberg.de ER - TY - JOUR AU - Cerutti, R. AU - Spensieri, V. AU - Amendola, S. AU - Presaghi, F. AU - Fontana, A. AU - Faedda, N. AU - Guidetti, V. TI - Sleep disturbances partially mediate the association between problematic internet use and somatic symptomatology in adolescence PY - 2021 T2 - Current Psychology VL - 40 IS - 9 SP - 4581 EP - 4589 DO - 10.1007/s12144-019-00414-7 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85070736471&doi=10.1007%2fs12144-019-00414-7&partnerID=40&md5=8bb3406688df3429731dccde5beb413f AD - Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via degli Apuli 1, Rome, 00185, Italy AD - Department of Psychology of Developmental and Social Processes, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy AD - Department of Human Science, LUMSA University, Rome, Italy AD - Department of Human Neuroscience, Section of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy AB - The Internet is widely used among adolescents for different purposes, including social connections, entertainment and schoolwork. Nevertheless, research has demonstrated the negative impact of problematic internet use (PIU) on psychophysical well-being in adolescence. This study aims to investigate internet use and its association with somatic symptoms, exploring the specific role of sleep disturbances that affect overall sleep quality. A mediation model was used to demonstrate the link between PIU, somatic symptoms and sleep disturbances in a sample of 412 adolescents (52% of males) aged 10–17 (M = 14.12, SD = 1.46). We also investigated whether somatic symptoms were differently experienced and reported by participants at risk of developing internet addiction (n = 58) from those not-at risk (n = 354). Sleep disturbances partially mediated the relationship between PIU and somatic symptoms. Furthermore, PIU seems to lead to poorer sleep quality which may in turn result in physical problems with an increase in somatic symptoms. Findings of this study showed that adolescents at risk of developing internet addiction suffered from a specific somatic symptomatology respect to those not-at risk. Finally, PIU has a positive direct effect on somatic symptoms. These results highlight the role of sleep disturbances with implications for overall sleep quality in the association between PIU and somatic symptoms. When designing intervention programs, the associations between PIU, sleep quality and somatic symptoms in adolescence and the negative repercussions of PIU on psychophysical health should be kept in mind. Results are discussed within the context of recent scientific research. © 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. KW - Adolescence KW - Internet use KW - Mediation analysis KW - Sleep KW - Somatic symptoms PB - Springer SN - 10461310 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Curr. Psychol. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 10; Correspondence Address: R. Cerutti; Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Via degli Apuli 1, 00185, Italy; email: rita.cerutti@uniroma1.it ER - TY - JOUR AU - Li, D.-J. AU - Chang, Y.-P. AU - Chen, Y.-L. AU - Yen, C.-F. TI - Mediating effects of emotional symptoms on the association between homophobic bullying victimization and problematic internet/smartphone use among gay and bisexual men in Taiwan PY - 2020 T2 - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health VL - 17 IS - 10 C7 - 3386 DO - 10.3390/ijerph17103386 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85084861803&doi=10.3390%2fijerph17103386&partnerID=40&md5=77fad3b3fad78a3735aa8eacf8c9daeb AD - Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan AD - Department of Addiction Science, Kaohsiung Municipal Kai-Syuan Psychiatric Hospital, Kaohsiung, 80276, Taiwan AD - School of Nursing, The State University of New York, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, 14214–3079, NY, United States AD - Department of Healthcare Administration, Asia University, Taichung, 41354, Taiwan AD - Department of Psychology, Asia University, Taichung, 41354, Taiwan AD - Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan AB - Problematic internet/smartphone use (PI/SU) and homophobic bullying has become a new type of mental health problem among sexual minorities. However, few studies have investigated the mediators of the association between these factors. We aimed to develop a model to estimate the mediating effect of emotional symptoms, including depression and anxiety, on this association among gay and bisexual men in Taiwan. In total, 500 gay or bisexual men in early adulthood were recruited, and their histories of homophobic bullying victimization during childhood and adolescence, current severity of PI/SU, and current emotional symptoms were evaluated using self-administered questionnaires. A mediation model was developed to test the mediating effect of emotional symptoms on the association between homophobic bullying victimization and PI/SU. In total, 190 (38%) and 201 (40.2%) of the participants had experiences of traditional and cyber homophobic bullying victimization, respectively. A higher level of homophobic bullying victimization was significantly associated with a more severe level of PI/SU, and this was mediated by a higher severity of emotional symptoms. There was a significant effect of emotional symptoms on the association between homophobic bullying victimization and PI/SU. Timely interventions for emotional symptoms are necessary for gay and bisexual men, especially for those who are victims of homophobic bullying. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. KW - Emotional symptom KW - Homophobic bullying KW - Problematic internet use KW - Sexual minority KW - Smartphone KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Bisexuality KW - Child KW - Crime Victims KW - Cyberbullying KW - Humans KW - Internet KW - Male KW - Sexual and Gender Minorities KW - Smartphone KW - Taiwan KW - Taiwan KW - homosexuality KW - Internet KW - mens health KW - minority group KW - mobile phone KW - symptom KW - violence KW - adult KW - anxiety disorder KW - Article KW - bisexual male KW - Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale KW - Chen Internet Addiction Scale KW - controlled study KW - cyber homophobic bullying KW - cyberbullying KW - depression KW - disease association KW - disease severity KW - homosexual male KW - human KW - internet addiction KW - intervention study KW - Likert scale KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - psychological rating scale KW - questionnaire KW - School Bullying Experience Questionnaire KW - self report KW - Smartphone Addiction Inventory KW - Taiwan KW - victim KW - adolescent KW - bisexuality KW - child KW - crime victim KW - Internet KW - sexual and gender minority KW - smartphone PB - MDPI AG SN - 16617827 (ISSN) C2 - 32414014 LA - English J2 - Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 9; Correspondence Address: C.-F. Yen; Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan; email: chfaye@cc.kmu.edu.tw ER - TY - JOUR AU - Venuleo, C. AU - Ferrante, L. AU - Rollo, S. TI - Facing life problems through the internet. The link between psychosocial malaise and problematic internet use in an adolescent sample PY - 2021 T2 - Journal of Gambling Issues VL - 46 SP - 107 EP - 131 DO - 10.4309/jgi.2021.46.7 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85101961232&doi=10.4309%2fjgi.2021.46.7&partnerID=40&md5=0d332142e6d481707a0253abd9e3dcb3 AD - Department of History, Society and Human Studies, University of Salento, Lecce Lecce, Italy AB - Scholars have highlighted the role of negative affect as key correlates of Problematic Internet Use (PIU) According to the assumption that Internet-related behaviours can be seen as mechanisms to cope with everyday life (Kardefelt-Winther, 2017), the present study aims to explore the relation between PIU and psychosocial malaise, expecting that adolescents with high levels of social anxiety, negative emotions, and loneliness are more likely to be associated to the problem group of Internet users. Measures of PIU (GPIUS–2), social anxiety (IAS), negative affectivity (PANAS), and loneliness (ILS) were detected in a sample of 766 students attending Year 9–11 (13–19 years old; 47% females) of public high schools in the territory of Lecce (Apulia–Italy). A sub-group of problematic Internet users was identified (n = 185) and a control group was selected (n = 187). A logistic regression was applied to estimate the effect of psychosocial variables on the differentiation between problematic and control Internet users. Results of the present cross-sectional study show that a higher level of social anxiety, negative emotions, and loneliness increases the probability of belonging to the group of problematic Internet users. No significant differences between males and females were found in GPIU levels. The findings show that, for a better understanding of PIU onset and maintenance among adolescents, it is important, to take into account the life problems which may lead young people to overindulge in Internet use. © 2021, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. All rights reserved. KW - Adolescence KW - Affectivity KW - Loneliness KW - Problematic Internet use KW - Social anxiety KW - Technology use PB - Centre for Addiction and Mental Health SN - 19107595 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - J. Gambl. Issues M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 8; Correspondence Address: C. Venuleo; Department of History, Society and Human Studies, University of Salento, Studium 2000, Lecce, Edifice 5, Room 13T, Via di Valesio, 24, 73100, Italy; email: lucrezia.ferrante@unisalento.it ER - TY - JOUR AU - Lung, F.-W. AU - Lung, H. AU - Chen, P.-F. AU - Shu, B.-C. TI - Dissociative Trait as a Mediator of Problematic Internet Use in Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity Disorder and Learning Disabilities PY - 2023 T2 - Psychiatric Quarterly VL - 94 IS - 3 SP - 399 EP - 410 DO - 10.1007/s11126-023-10036-9 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85161971099&doi=10.1007%2fs11126-023-10036-9&partnerID=40&md5=38d11d8ab3d7b8c238d9b263a73f3221 AD - Calo Psychiatric Center, Pingtung County, Taiwan AD - Graduate Institute of Medical Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan AD - International Graduate Program of Education and Human Development, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan AD - Institute of Education, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan AD - Department of Dentistry, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan AD - Institute of Allied Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1 Da-Hsueh Rd, Tainan, 701, Taiwan AB - Purpose: This study used data from a national birth cohort study to investigate the duration of internet use at the age of 12 years among children diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), intellectual disabilities (IDs) and learning disabilities (LDs) at the age of five and a half years (66 months) to understand whether an ADHD, ASD, ID and LD diagnosis in childhood increases the risk of problematic internet use (PIU) in adolescence. Furthermore, the pathway relationship of dissociative absorptive trait with PIU and these diagnoses was also investigated. Methods: The 5.5- and 12-year-old Taiwan Birth Cohort Study dataset was used (N = 17,694). Results: More boys were diagnosed with LDs, IDs, ADHD and ASD; however, girls were at increased likelihood of PIU. ID and ASD diagnoses were not associated with increasing PIU likelihood. However, children who had been diagnosed with LDs and ADHD, along with higher dissociative absorptive trait, had an indirectly increased likelihood of PIU in adolescence. Conclusions: Dissociative absorption was found to be a mediating factor between childhood diagnosis and PIU and can be used as a screening indicator in prevention programs to reduce the duration and severity of PIU in children diagnosed with ADHD and LDs. Furthermore, with the increased prevalence of smartphone usage in adolescents, education policy-makers should pay greater attention to the issue of PIU in female adolescents. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. KW - absorptive trait KW - ADHD KW - problematic internet use KW - Taiwan Birth Cohort Study KW - Adolescent KW - Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity KW - Autism Spectrum Disorder KW - Child KW - Child, Preschool KW - Cohort Studies KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Intellectual Disability KW - Internet KW - Internet Use KW - Learning Disabilities KW - Male KW - adolescence KW - Article KW - attention deficit hyperactivity disorder KW - autism KW - birth cohort KW - child KW - cohort analysis KW - controlled study KW - female KW - human KW - information processing KW - intellectual impairment KW - internet addiction KW - learning disorder KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - preschool child KW - prevalence KW - school child KW - Taiwan KW - adolescent KW - attention deficit hyperactivity disorder KW - autism KW - intellectual impairment KW - Internet KW - internet use KW - learning disorder PB - Springer SN - 00332720 (ISSN) C2 - 37326793 LA - English J2 - Psychiatr. Q. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 0; Correspondence Address: B.-C. Shu; Institute of Allied Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, No. 1 Da-Hsueh Rd, 701, Taiwan; email: forweylung@gmail.com; CODEN: PSQUA ER - TY - JOUR AU - Blinka, L. AU - Stašek, A. AU - Šablatúrová, N. AU - Ševčíková, A. AU - Husarova, D. TI - Adolescents' problematic internet and smartphone use in (cyber)bullying experiences: A network analysis PY - 2023 T2 - Child and Adolescent Mental Health VL - 28 IS - 1 SP - 60 EP - 66 DO - 10.1111/camh.12628 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85144175388&doi=10.1111%2fcamh.12628&partnerID=40&md5=a6e637eb340b2c7bdeeb02916ea970a3 AD - Institute for Research on Children, Youth and Family, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic AD - Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic AD - Department of Health Psychology and Methodology Research, Faculty of Medicine, P.J. Safarik University in Kosice, Košice, Slovakia AB - Background: This study investigates both offline and online bullying perpetration and victimization in association with problematic internet use (PIU) and problematic smartphone use (PSU), while also considering the related psychosocial difficulties. Methods: A total of 3939 adolescents (49.4% boys, aged 13–15 years) from a representative sample of schools in Slovakia was obtained from the Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) project in 2018. Due to the lack of similar complex research and the expected mutual associations among the constructs, we compared exploratory network models that provided separate estimates for boys and girls. Results: The constructs formed similarly clustered networks for both genders, with a few notable differences. Unlike PIU, PSU was not associated with bullying experiences in boys or girls; however, PSU and PIU were partially related in girls. Bullying experiences formed a strong cluster in both networks. Two strong bridges were identified, and they are potential candidates for intervention in both boys and girls: first, traditional bullying victimization connected the cluster of bullying experiences to psychosocial difficulties; and, second, frequently missing sleep or meals due to internet use (behavioral salience) that is connected to the bullying cluster with PIU. Conclusions: The findings offer an indication for the preventive and interventive work of practitioners who deal with adolescents, as well as complex gender comparisons for the mutual relations of problematic internet and smartphone use, bullying experiences, and the psychosocial difficulties of youth. This study provides evidence that problematic digital media can play a role in bullying experiences irrespective of whether bullying happens offline or online. © 2022 Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. KW - adolescence KW - Bullying KW - cyber bullying KW - problematic internet use KW - problematic smartphone use KW - Adolescent KW - Bullying KW - Child KW - Crime Victims KW - Cyberbullying KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Internet KW - Male KW - Smartphone KW - adolescent KW - Article KW - bullying KW - cyberbullying KW - exploratory research KW - female KW - health behavior KW - human KW - Internet KW - internet addiction KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - mobile phone addiction KW - network analysis KW - physician KW - questionnaire KW - Slovakia KW - strengths and difficulties questionnaire KW - bullying KW - child KW - crime victim KW - Internet KW - prevention and control KW - psychology KW - smartphone PB - John Wiley and Sons Inc SN - 1475357X (ISSN) C2 - 36526270 LA - English J2 - Child Adolesc. Ment. Health M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 2; Correspondence Address: L. Blinka; Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Joštova 10, 60200, Czech Republic; email: lukasblinka@gmail.com ER - TY - JOUR AU - Díaz-Aguado, M.J. AU - Martínez-Arias, R. AU - Falcón, L. TI - Typology of Victimization against Women on Adolescent Girls in Three Contexts: Dating Offline, Dating Online, and Sexual Harassment Online PY - 2022 T2 - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health VL - 19 IS - 18 C7 - 11774 DO - 10.3390/ijerph191811774 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85138348273&doi=10.3390%2fijerph191811774&partnerID=40&md5=4cb12c7ffc0a08d294ac693ca03cbc67 AD - Unidad de Psicología Preventiva, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, 28223, Spain AD - Departamento de Ciencias de la Comunicación Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias de la Información, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, 28040, Spain AB - Defining the typologies of adolescent girls in relation to different types of victimization against women could be very useful for prevention. Almost all the typologies previously elaborated on this topic define the typologies from situations of dating victimization. This study used cluster analysis to establish for the first time a typology of adolescent girl victimization against women that included dating violence offline, dating violence online, and sexual harassment online outside a relationship by means of a comparative analysis of behavior between those who had suffered this violence and the population at large. The participants were 3.532 Spanish teenage girls aged 14–18 with experience of relationships with boys. Three discrete, identifiable types were obtained: the first group (63.8%), non-victim girls; the second group (29.4%), victims of sexual harassment online outside a relationship but with a low incidence of dating victimization; the third group (6.8%), victims in the three contexts. The logistic regression analysis showed that risky sexual behavior online was the main risk condition for inclusion in the second and third groups (compared to the non-victim group), followed by low self-esteem (for the second group) and age (for both groups). Other variables that also contributed to predicting membership victim groups were health complaints, feminine gender role stress, justification of male dominance and violence, visiting risky websites, and problematic internet use. These results show the importance of including the prevention of such problems in order to eradicate violence against women in adolescence who have grown up with digital technologies. © 2022 by the authors. KW - adolescence KW - feminine gender role stress KW - gendered violence KW - justification of male dominance and violence KW - risky sexual online behaviors KW - self-esteem KW - sexual harassment online KW - victimization KW - violence against women KW - Adolescent KW - Adolescent Behavior KW - Bullying KW - Crime Victims KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Intimate Partner Violence KW - Male KW - Sexual Harassment KW - Violence KW - adolescence KW - feminism KW - gender disparity KW - public health KW - sexual violence KW - womens health KW - adolescent KW - adult KW - Article KW - female KW - gender KW - high risk behavior KW - human KW - human relation KW - incidence KW - internet addiction KW - online dating KW - online harassment KW - physiological stress KW - prediction KW - self esteem KW - sexual behavior KW - sexual harassment KW - Spaniard KW - victim KW - violence KW - adolescent behavior KW - bullying KW - crime victim KW - male KW - partner violence PB - MDPI SN - 16617827 (ISSN) C2 - 36142046 LA - English J2 - Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 0; Correspondence Address: M.J. Díaz-Aguado; Unidad de Psicología Preventiva, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, 28223, Spain; email: mjdiazag@ucm.es ER - TY - JOUR AU - Marengo, D. AU - Angelo Fabris, M. AU - Longobardi, C. AU - Settanni, M. TI - Smartphone and social media use contributed to individual tendencies towards social media addiction in Italian adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic PY - 2022 T2 - Addictive Behaviors VL - 126 C7 - 107204 DO - 10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107204 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85120469961&doi=10.1016%2fj.addbeh.2021.107204&partnerID=40&md5=c5f606e53bf957bf2f3db4a78a555cfb AD - University of Turin, Italy AB - Introduction: Adolescents in remote education during the COVID-19 pandemic had few opportunities to socialize in person, resulting in a significant rise in the use of social networks or instant messaging applications. However, excessive use may promote addictive tendencies towards these platforms, with negative consequences for adolescents’ well-being. Aims: In this study, we investigated the prevalence of smartphone and social media application use in early-to-late adolescents in remote education. We examined the relative impact of different social media applications on self-reported tendencies toward social media addiction. Methods: The sample consisted of 765 Italian adolescents (Age: M = 14.11 ± 2.2; 401 females) who reported on use of the smartphone, social media applications, namely WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, Telegram, Messenger, and YouTube. Mean differences in social media addiction across group reporting different patterns of social media use were investigated. The contribution of each social media application in predicting social media addiction was determined using a random forest algorithm. Results: On average, adolescents using just WhatsApp and YouTube reported the lowest social media addiction compared with peers also using Instagram or TikTok (or both of them). Overall, we found time spent on smartphone, and use of TikTok were the strongest predictors of social media addiction, followed by use of Facebook, Telegram, Messenger, and Twitter. Instagram, Snapchat, and WhatsApp use showed no effect when examined together with the other platforms. Conclusions: Findings indicated that TikTok was the most addictive application during the COVID-19 pandemic, overshadowing other very popular applications with similar visual affordances. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd KW - Addiction KW - Adolescence KW - Covid-19 KW - Problematic internet use KW - Social media use KW - Adolescent KW - COVID-19 KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Internet Addiction Disorder KW - Pandemics KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - Smartphone KW - Social Media KW - adolescent KW - Article KW - comparative study KW - coronavirus disease 2019 KW - e-learning KW - female KW - human KW - Italian (citizen) KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - mobile application KW - pandemic KW - predictor variable KW - prevalence KW - random forest KW - self report KW - social media addiction KW - internet addiction KW - pandemic KW - smartphone KW - social media PB - Elsevier Ltd SN - 03064603 (ISSN) C2 - 34875508 LA - English J2 - Addict. Behav. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 41; Correspondence Address: C. Longobardi; Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Turin, Via Verdi 10, 10124 TO, Italy; email: Claudio.Longobardi@unito.it; CODEN: ADBED ER - TY - JOUR AU - Lin, W.-H. AU - Chiao, C. TI - Relationship between adverse childhood experiences and problematic internet use among young adults: The role of the feeling of loneliness trajectory PY - 2022 T2 - Journal of Behavioral Addictions VL - 11 IS - 4 SP - 1080 EP - 1091 DO - 10.1556/2006.2022.00074 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85145022654&doi=10.1556%2f2006.2022.00074&partnerID=40&md5=a5654eee1329af5a079e3f546fca452c AD - Institute of Health and Welfare, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan AD - Institute of Public Health, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan AB - Backgrounds and aims: Given problematic Internet usage's (PIU) negative impact on individual health, this study evaluates how adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) affect young adults' PIU and the possible underlying mechanism of the "feeling of loneliness"(FOL) trajectory. Methods: Analyzing a retrospective cohort sample from the Taiwan Youth Project, 2,393 adolescents were interviewed from the average ages of 14-28. We constructed ACE in 2000 using six categories (e.g., abuse and low family socioeconomic status) and 5-item PIU in 2017 from Chen's Internet Addiction Scale. FOL trajectories measured eight times, at average ages 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 25, 28 years-old. Results: Overall, 12.65% of the participants did not have ACEs, and 12.78% exhibited PIU. FOL trajectory analyses yielded three groups: "constant low"(reference group: 53.25%); "moderate decline"(36.81%); and "increasing"(9.94%). Regression models showed a dose-response association between ACE and young adults' PIU (adjusted odds ratio = 1.12; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.02-1.23) and the two risky loneliness groups (moderate decline: relative risk ratio [RRR] = 1.42, 95% CI = 1.32-1.54; increasing: RRR = 1.52, 95% CI = 1.37-1.71). Structural equation modeling further found that ACEs increase young adults' risk of being in the increasing group, and consequently, the risk of PIU. Discussion and conclusions: We demonstrated that ACE may be associated with 1) adults' PIU, 2) FOL from adolescence to emerging adulthood, and 3) young adults' PIU through its association with FOL trajectories. © 2022 The Author(s). KW - adverse childhood experiences (ACE) KW - loneliness trajectories KW - longitudinal study KW - problematic internet use (PIU) KW - young adults KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Adverse Childhood Experiences KW - Behavior, Addictive KW - Child KW - Humans KW - Internet KW - Internet Use KW - Loneliness KW - Retrospective Studies KW - Young Adult KW - adolescent KW - adult KW - Article KW - childhood adversity KW - cohort analysis KW - follow up KW - human KW - internet addiction KW - loneliness KW - multinomial logistic regression KW - retrospective study KW - risk factor KW - social status KW - structural equation modeling KW - young adult KW - addiction KW - child KW - Internet KW - loneliness PB - Akademiai Kiado ZRt. SN - 20625871 (ISSN) C2 - 36251450 LA - English J2 - J. Behav. Addict. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 0; Correspondence Address: C. Chiao; Institute of Health and Welfare, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan; email: cchiao@nycu.edu.tw ER - TY - JOUR AU - Takahashi, M. AU - Adachi, M. AU - Hirota, T. AU - Nishimura, T. AU - Shinkawa, H. AU - Mori, H. AU - Nakamura, K. TI - Longitudinal association between addictive internet use and depression in early adolescents over a 2-year period: A study using a random intercept cross-lagged model PY - 2022 T2 - Computers in Human Behavior VL - 132 C7 - 107251 DO - 10.1016/j.chb.2022.107251 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85125643957&doi=10.1016%2fj.chb.2022.107251&partnerID=40&md5=4128ef77db09963a12d0e9f098849f6b AD - Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan AD - Research Center for Child Mental Development, Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan AD - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States AD - Research Center for Child Mental Development, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan AD - Faculty of Education, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan AD - Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan AB - Although addictive internet use (AIU) and depression frequently co-occur in early adolescents, the mechanism accounting for their co-occurrence remains unclear. The aim of the present study was to clarify the longitudinal reciprocal relationships between AIU and depression in early adolescents. We employed a random intercept cross-lagged model to examine the longitudinal reciprocal relationships between AIU and depression in a sample of the early adolescent population comprising 1361 children (aged 12–13 at baseline) over the two-year study period. Our results revealed no significant longitudinal reciprocal relationship between AIU and depression, suggesting that AIU was neither the cause nor the result of depression in early adolescence. The random intercepts of AIU and depression were significantly correlated. Additionally, the concurrent relationships between these two conditions were significant at all time points. These results indicate that early adolescents with more severe AIU had more severe depression. We also demonstrate that the same reciprocal patterns of AIU and depression were observed in males and females. Therefore, our results suggest that, during the early adolescent period, AIU does not influence the severity of depression a year later and vice versa and that there are common causes for both conditions. © 2022 Elsevier Ltd KW - Adolescence KW - Behavioral addiction KW - Depression KW - Problematic internet use KW - Human computer interaction KW - Adolescence KW - Behavioral addiction KW - Co-occurrence KW - Condition KW - Depression KW - Internet use KW - Lagged model KW - Problematic Internet use KW - Time points KW - Behavioral research PB - Elsevier Ltd SN - 07475632 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Comput. Hum. Behav. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 5; Correspondence Address: M. Takahashi; Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki University, Aomori, 66-1 Hon-cho, Hirosaki, 036-8564, Japan; email: takahashi.psy@gmail.com; CODEN: CHBEE ER - TY - JOUR AU - Chun, J.-W. AU - Choi, J. AU - Cho, H. AU - Choi, M.-R. AU - Ahn, K.-J. AU - Choi, J.-S. AU - Kim, D.-J. TI - Role of frontostriatal connectivity in adolescents with excessive smartphone use PY - 2018 T2 - Frontiers in Psychiatry VL - 9 IS - SEP C7 - 437 DO - 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00437 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85055133732&doi=10.3389%2ffpsyt.2018.00437&partnerID=40&md5=8475bc17f5ecb1ea11436b0dcc4853bd AD - Department of Psychiatry, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea AD - Department of Psychology, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea AD - Department of Radiology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea AD - Department of Psychiatry, SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea AB - As smartphone use has grown rapidly over recent decade, it has been a growing interest in the potential negative impact of excessive smartphone use. In this study, we aim to identify altered brain connectivity associated with excessive smartphone use, and to investigate correlations between withdrawal symptoms, cortisol concentrations, and frontostriatal connectivity. We focused on investigating functional connectivity in frontostriatal regions, including the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), midcingulate cortex (MCC), and nucleus accumbens (NAcc), which is related to reward processing and cognitive control. We analyzed data from 38 adolescents with excessive smartphone use (SP) and 42 healthy controls (HC). In the SP group compared with HC, we observed lower functional connectivity between the right OFC and NAcc, and between the left OFC and MCC. Moreover, functional connectivity between the MCC and NAcc was greater in SP compared with HC. Subsequently, we examined the relationship between Internet use withdrawal symptoms, cortisol concentrations, and functional connectivity between the OFC and NAcc in SP and HC. We observed that more severe withdrawal symptoms were associated with higher cortisol concentrations in adolescents with excessive smartphone use. The most interesting finding was that we observed a negative correlation between OFC connectivity with the NAcc and both withdrawal symptoms and cortisol concentrations. The functional connectivity between the OFC and NAcc, and between the OFC and MCC are related to cognitive control of emotional stimuli including reward. The current study suggests that adolescents with SP had reduced functional connectivity in these regions related to cognitive control. Furthermore, Internet use withdrawal symptoms appear to elicit cortisol secretion, and this psychophysiological change may affect frontostriatal connectivity. Our findings provide important clues to understanding the effects of excessive use of smartphones on brain functional connectivity in adolescence. © 2007 - 2018 Frontiers Media S.A. All Rights Reserved. KW - Cortisol KW - Excessive smartphone use KW - Frontostriatal connectivity KW - Problematic internet use KW - Withdrawal KW - hydrocortisone KW - adolescent KW - adult KW - Article KW - brain function KW - brain region KW - child KW - clinical article KW - controlled study KW - disease association KW - disease severity KW - executive function KW - female KW - functional connectivity KW - human KW - internet addiction KW - male KW - medial orbitofrontal cortex KW - nucleus accumbens KW - orbital cortex KW - psychophysiology KW - resting state network KW - withdrawal syndrome PB - Frontiers Media S.A. SN - 16640640 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Front. Psychiatry M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 31; Correspondence Address: D.-J. Kim; Department of Psychiatry, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea; email: kdj922@catholic.ac.kr ER - TY - JOUR AU - Donald, J.N. AU - Ciarrochi, J. AU - Guo, J. TI - Connected or Cutoff? A 4-Year Longitudinal Study of the Links Between Adolescents’ Compulsive Internet Use and Social Support PY - 2022 T2 - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin DO - 10.1177/01461672221127802 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85142103122&doi=10.1177%2f01461672221127802&partnerID=40&md5=59fd2928b8aed1af6bb74d0390845f73 AD - The University of Sydney Business School, Darlington, NSW, Australia AD - Australian Catholic University, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia AB - As the online world plays an increasing role in young peoples’ lives, research on compulsive internet use (CIU) is receiving growing attention. Given the social richness of the online world, there is a need to better understand how CIU influences adolescents’ social support and vice versa. Drawing on ecological systems theory, we examined the longitudinal links between adolescents’ CIU and perceived social support from three sources (parents, teachers, and friends) across 4 critical years of adolescence (Grades 8–11). Using random intercept cross-lagged modeling, we found that CIU consistently preceded reduced social support from teachers, whereas social support from parents preceded increases in CIU over time. We discuss the implications of our findings for parents and schools seeking to support young people experiencing CIU. © 2022 by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc. KW - adolescence KW - compulsive internet use KW - longitudinal KW - problematic internet use KW - social support PB - SAGE Publications Inc. SN - 01461672 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Pers. Soc. Psychol. Bull. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 0; Correspondence Address: J.N. Donald; The University of Sydney Business School, Darlington, Australia; email: james.donald@sydney.edu.au ER - TY - JOUR AU - Lee, J.-I. AU - Yen, C.-F. AU - Hsiao, R.C. AU - Hu, H.-F. TI - Relationships of homophobic bullying during childhood and adolescence with problematic internet and smartphone use in early adulthood among sexual minority men in Taiwan PY - 2019 T2 - Revista de Psiquiatria Clinica VL - 46 IS - 4 SP - 97 EP - 102 DO - 10.1590/0101-60830000000203 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85073394800&doi=10.1590%2f0101-60830000000203&partnerID=40&md5=473d211dde286f41e3fbc9e29e3a21bc AD - Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan AD - Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan AD - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, & Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA, United States AD - Department of Psychiatry, Tainan Municipal Hospital, Show Chwan Medical Care Corporation, Tainan, Taiwan AB - Background: Mental health disparity in sexual minorities is a crucial clinical and public health issue worldwide. A total of 500 homosexual or bisexual men aged between 20 and 25 years participated in this study. Objectives: The aims of the study were to examine the relationships of victimization of traditional and cyber homophobic bullying during childhood and adolescence with problematic internet and smartphone use and activities during early adulthood among sexual minority men in Taiwan. Methods: The seveirities of problematic internet and smartphone use and activities in early adulthood were compared between victims and non-victims of bullying. The severities of problematic internet and smartphone use were also compared among the groups of various types of bullying as well as among the groups of various persistence durations of being bullied. Results: Victims of traditional and cyber homophobic bullying had more severe problematic internet and smartphone use than non-victims. Victims of multi-type bullying had more severe problematic internet use than victims of single-type bullying. Prolonged victimization was significantly associated with problematic internet and smartphone use. Discussion: Victimization of traditional and cyber homophobic bullying during childhood and adolescence predicts problematic internet and smartphone use during early adulthood among sexual minority men. © 2019, Universidade de Sao Paulo. All rights reserved. KW - Bisexuality KW - Bullying KW - Homosexuality KW - Internet KW - Smartphone KW - adolescence KW - adult KW - Article KW - bullying KW - Chen Internet Addiction KW - childhood KW - Chinese version of the School Bullying Experience Questionnaire KW - Cyberbullying Experiences Questionnaire KW - homophobia KW - internet addiction KW - male KW - mental disease assessment KW - mobile phone addiction KW - quality of life assessment KW - sexual and gender minority KW - Smartphone Addiction Inventory KW - social media KW - young adult PB - Universidade de Sao Paulo SN - 01016083 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Rev. Psiquiatr. Clin. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 7; Correspondence Address: H.-F. Hu; Department of Psychiatry, Tainan Municipal Hospital, Show Chwan Medical Care Corporation, Tainan, 670 Chongde Road, East District, 701, Taiwan; email: cych07205@gmail.com; CODEN: RPCLF ER - TY - JOUR AU - Liu, S. AU - Zhang, D. AU - Tian, Y. AU - Xu, B. AU - Wu, X. TI - Gender differences in symptom structure of adolescent problematic internet use: A network analysis PY - 2023 T2 - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health VL - 17 IS - 1 C7 - 49 DO - 10.1186/s13034-023-00590-2 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85152776540&doi=10.1186%2fs13034-023-00590-2&partnerID=40&md5=a8a950775adf0a7f3ac17adc03831668 AD - Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education (Beijing Normal University), Beijing Normal University, No.19, Xinjiekouwai St, Haidian District, Beijing, China AD - School of Applied Psychology, Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai, Guangdong, Zhuhai, China AD - Education and Counseling Center of Psychological Health, Ocean University of China, Shandong, Qingdao, China AD - School of Psychology, Nanjing Normal University, Jiangsu, Nanjing, China AB - Background: Gender differences in problematic Internet use (PIU) have long been discussed. However, whether and how female and male adolescents differ in central symptoms and symptom associations are not fully understood. Methods: As a national survey in the Chinese mainland, 4884 adolescents (51.6% females; Mage = 13.83 ± 2.41) participated in the present study. This study applies network analysis to identify central symptoms of PIU networks in female and male adolescents and compares whether and how global and local connectivity of PIU networks differ by gender. Results: Female and male network structures of PIU were different and global strength was stronger in males than females, indicating a higher risk of chronicity of PIU among male adolescents. Specifically, “Reluctant to turn off Internet” exerted the largest effect on both genders. “Increase time online to achieve satisfaction” and “Feel depressed once not online for a while” were particularly critical to female and male adolescents, respectively. Moreover, females scored higher centralities in social withdrawal symptoms and males did so in interpersonal conflicts owing to PIU. Conclusions: These findings provide novel insights into gender differential risks and features of adolescent PIU. Differences in the core symptoms of PIU suggest that gender-specific interventions focusing on core symptoms might effectively relieve PIU and maximize treatment effects. © 2023, The Author(s). KW - Adolescence KW - Gender difference KW - Internet addition KW - Network analysis KW - Network comparison KW - Problematic Internet use KW - Symptom structure KW - adolescence KW - adolescent KW - Article KW - behavior disorder assessment KW - China KW - Chinese Internet Addiction Scale Revised KW - chronicity KW - conflict KW - cross-sectional study KW - depression KW - female KW - health survey KW - human KW - internet addiction KW - male KW - network analysis KW - psychosocial withdrawal KW - risk assessment KW - satisfaction KW - sex difference KW - symptom PB - BioMed Central Ltd SN - 17532000 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Child Adolesc. Psychiatry Ment. Health M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 1; Correspondence Address: X. Wu; Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education (Beijing Normal University), Beijing Normal University, Beijing, No.19, Xinjiekouwai St, Haidian District, China; email: xcwu@bnu.edu.cn ER - TY - JOUR AU - Klavina, A. AU - Veliks, V. AU - Gulevska, I. AU - Aniscenko, A. AU - Porozovs, J. AU - Zusa, A. TI - Partly and Fully Supervised Physical Exercise Effects on Cognitive Functions and Movement Proficiency of Adolescents PY - 2022 T2 - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health VL - 19 IS - 24 C7 - 16480 DO - 10.3390/ijerph192416480 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85144847998&doi=10.3390%2fijerph192416480&partnerID=40&md5=83ed4dadcb3be18d2bbd7a211766bcde AD - Department of Science, Latvian Academy of Sport Education, Riga, LV-1006, Latvia AD - Department of Health Promotion and Rehabilitation, Lithuanian Sport University, Kaunas, 44221, Lithuania AD - Department of Education, Psychology and Art, University of Latvia, Riga, LV-1586, Latvia AB - This study explored the effects of partly supervised physical exercise program (PSPEP) intervention compared to fully supervised physical exercise program (FSPEP) on cognitive functions, movement proficiency and problematic internet use (PIU) in adolescents presenting combined unhealthy lifestyle behaviors. Method: Over a period of 16 weeks the PSPEP group (n = 14) engaged in strength, balance and flexibility exercises three times per week with one supervised session and two unsupervised. The FSPEP group (n = 13) practiced dance activities for 2 to 4 days per week including in training sessions the same exercises as for the PSPEP group. Prior and after the study adolescents completed the PIU scale, performed movement proficiency and cognitive function tests. Results: The PSPEP had significant effect on improvement of stress tolerance (p < 0.01, g = 1.08), while the FSPEP had significant effect on contributing general intelligence (p < 0.05, g = 0.90), color-word interference of the reading speed or color recognition (p < 0.01, g = 1.33), short- and long-term memory (p < 0.01, g = 1.72) and stress tolerance (p < 0.05, g = 1.06). The PSPEP had significant effect on improvement of the bilateral coordination (p < 0.01, g = 1.08). None of the two programs had effect on PIU. Conclusions: Engagement in PSPEP selectively contributed bilateral coordination and cognitive skills related to reaction to multiple stimuli. The FSPEP had multiple significant effects in improvement of cognitive outcomes. © 2022 by the authors. KW - adolescents KW - cognitive functions KW - movement proficiency KW - physical exercise KW - problematic internet use KW - caspase 3 KW - phloroglucinol KW - polyvinylidene fluoride KW - protein Bax KW - protein bcl 2 KW - reactive oxygen metabolite KW - adolescence KW - cognition KW - Internet KW - lifestyle KW - physical activity KW - public health KW - apoptosis KW - ARPE-19 cell line KW - Article KW - autophagy (cellular) KW - cell viability KW - cognition KW - cognitive function test KW - comet assay KW - cytotoxicity KW - dancing KW - densitometry KW - DNA damage KW - DNA fragmentation assay KW - enzyme linked immunosorbent assay KW - exercise KW - flow cytometry KW - human KW - human cell KW - immunofluorescence KW - immunofluorescence assay KW - intelligence KW - internet addiction KW - lifestyle KW - long term memory KW - mitochondrial membrane potential KW - mitochondrion KW - MTT assay KW - oxidative stress KW - retinal pigment epithelium KW - skill KW - velocity KW - Western blotting PB - MDPI SN - 16617827 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 0; Correspondence Address: A. Klavina; Department of Science, Latvian Academy of Sport Education, Riga, LV-1006, Latvia; email: aija.klavina@gmail.com ER - TY - JOUR AU - Mohler-kuo, M. AU - Dzemaili, S. AU - Foster, S. AU - Werlen, L. AU - Walitza, S. TI - Stress and mental health among children/adolescents, their parents, and young adults during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Switzerland PY - 2021 T2 - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health VL - 18 IS - 9 C7 - 4668 DO - 10.3390/ijerph18094668 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85104657085&doi=10.3390%2fijerph18094668&partnerID=40&md5=84080b70fbacf5d2c648e00929bdda73 AD - La Source, School of Nursing Sciences, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland, Lausanne, 1004, Switzerland AD - Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, 8032, Switzerland AD - Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, University Basel, Basel, 4031, Switzerland AB - The present study aimed to assess various stressful situations and the psychological impact of the first COVID-19 pandemic lockdown among youths in Switzerland. We included samples of 1627 young adults aged 19–24 from the Swiss Youth Epidemiological Study on Mental Health and 1146 children and adolescents aged 12–17 years and their parents. We assessed symptoms of various mental health problems, internet use, and perceived stress during the first COVID-19 lockdown. In the analyses, data were weighted to be representative of the Swiss population. During the first lockdown in Switzerland, the most common sources of perceived stress were the disruption of social life and important activities, uncertainty about how long the state of affairs would last, and the pandemic itself. In addition, around one-fifth of the young adults met the criteria for at least one of the mental health problems (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression, generalized anxiety disorder), while one-third of children/adolescents screened positive for at least one of the mental health problems (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, depression, anxiety). Moreover, 30.1% of children and 21.3% of young adults met the criteria for problematic internet use. The study showed considerable stress perceived by young adults and symptoms of mental health problems, especially among females, during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Switzerland. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. KW - Adolescents KW - Children KW - COVID-19 KW - Internet use KW - Mental health KW - Pandemic KW - Psychological impact KW - Stress KW - Youth KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Anxiety KW - Child KW - Communicable Disease Control KW - COVID-19 KW - Depression KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Mental Health KW - Pandemics KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - Switzerland KW - Young Adult KW - Switzerland KW - adolescence KW - adult KW - child health KW - COVID-19 KW - health policy KW - Internet KW - lockdown KW - mental health KW - pandemic KW - psychology KW - adolescent KW - adult KW - Article KW - attention deficit disorder KW - child KW - clinical feature KW - coronavirus disease 2019 KW - depression KW - disease severity KW - female KW - generalized anxiety disorder KW - human KW - internet use KW - lockdown KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - mental health KW - oppositional defiant disorder KW - physiological stress KW - prevalence KW - quarantine KW - Responses to Stress Questionnaire KW - risk assessment KW - risk factor KW - sex difference KW - social distancing KW - social life KW - stress assessment KW - Swiss KW - Switzerland KW - young adult KW - anxiety KW - communicable disease control KW - pandemic PB - MDPI SN - 16617827 (ISSN) C2 - 33925743 LA - English J2 - Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 95; Correspondence Address: M. Mohler-Kuo; La Source, School of Nursing Sciences, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland, Lausanne, 1004, Switzerland; email: m.mohler-kuo@ecolelasource.ch ER - TY - JOUR AU - Pastor, Y. AU - García-Jiménez, A. AU - López-De-ayala, M.-C. TI - Regulatory strategies for smartphone use and problematic internet use in adolescence ST - Estrategias de regulación de uso del smartphone y uso problemático de internet en la adolescencia PY - 2022 T2 - Anales de Psicologia VL - 38 IS - 2 SP - 269 EP - 277 DO - 10.6018/analesps.461771 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85129343057&doi=10.6018%2fanalesps.461771&partnerID=40&md5=08c38caa85c0377be434a473c1afd788 AD - Department of Psychology, Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain AD - Department of Sociology and Communication Sciences, Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain AB - Self-regulation is a basic skill that can prevent problematic Internet and smartphone use in adolescence (LaRose et al., 2003). The present study explored regulation strategies in the use of this device, as well as the relationships between such strategies and the background variables of Caplan's (2010) model, to identify those adolescents who present high or low negative consequences of Internet use. With a representative sample of adolescents from 1st to 4th year of secondary education in the Community of Madrid (N = 524, Mage= 13.57, SD= 1.24, Range= 12-17), our results indicated that parents were the ones who regulated smartphone use in about half of the adolescents. Self-regulation deficit with cognitive rumina-tion, parent intervention to regulate the use of this device and the variables of Caplan’s (2010) model-except for online emotional regulation-were significant predictors to identify those adolescents who showed high or low negative consequences. Educational implications and future lines of research are also discussed. © 2022. KW - Adoles-cence KW - Problematic internet use KW - Self-regulation KW - Smartphone PB - Universidad de Murcia Servicio de Publicaciones SN - 02129728 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - An. Psicol. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 2; Correspondence Address: Y. Pastor; Departamento de Psicología, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Al-corcón, Edificio departamental 2 (Despacho 2037). Avda. de Atenas s/n, Madrid, 28922, Spain; email: yolanda.pastor@urjc.es ER - TY - JOUR AU - Andrade, A.L.M. AU - Passos, M.A.Z. AU - Vellozo, E.P. AU - Schoen, T.H. AU - Kulik, M.A. AU - Niskier, S.R. AU - de Souza Vitalle, M.S. TI - The Contextual Factors Associated with Co-occurring Substance and Problematic Internet Use in Adolescence: a Network Approach PY - 2022 T2 - Trends in Psychology DO - 10.1007/s43076-022-00232-0 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85139502068&doi=10.1007%2fs43076-022-00232-0&partnerID=40&md5=24846a1cc967593c3ed71fd1a9ad3a26 AD - Center of Life Science, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Av. John Boyd Dunlop, S/N, SP, Campinas, 13034-685, Brazil AD - Setor de Medicina do Adolescente – CAAA/Centro de Atendimento e Apoio ao AdolescenteDepartamento de Pediatria, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Botucatu, 715, SP, Sao Paulo, 04024-003, Brazil AD - Setor de Medicina do Adolescente – CAAA/Centro de Atendimento e Apoio ao AdolescenteDepartamento de Pediatria, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Botucatu, 715, Vila Clementino, SP, Sao Paulo, 04024-003, Brazil AD - Departamento de Pediatria, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Botucatu, 715, SP, Sao Paulo, 04024-003, Brazil AB - This study assessed the association between substance use (alcohol and tobacco) and problematic Internet use (PIU) in a sample of Brazilian adolescents. A stratified and probabilistic sample was used to recruit 869 adolescents (MAGE = 13.3; SDAGE = 2.10) living in a city in the southeast of Brazil. Participants completed a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Internet Addiction Test (IAT), and the Drug Use Screening Inventory (DUSI). To estimate the influence of different variables on substance use and PIU, we conducted a network analysis (NA) from four centrality levels. The results indicated an association between substance use and PIU, in particular with tobacco. The NA indicated that the time spent on the Internet had the greatest influence on alcohol consumption, while among smokers, income and anxiety were associated with the highest centrality levels. These findings help clarify the complex relationship between substance and problematic Internet use among adolescents. © 2022, Associação Brasileira de Psicologia. KW - Adolescence KW - Alcohol KW - Problematic Internet use KW - Tobacco PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH SN - 23581883 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Trends in Psychol. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 2; Correspondence Address: E.P. Vellozo; Setor de Medicina do Adolescente – CAAA/Centro de Atendimento e Apoio ao AdolescenteDepartamento de Pediatria, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Rua Botucatu, 715, Vila Clementino, SP, 04024-003, Brazil; email: elianavellozo.educ@gmail.com ER - TY - JOUR AU - Estevez, A. AU - Jauregui, P. AU - Lopez-Gonzalez, H. TI - Attachment and behavioral addictions in adolescents: The mediating and moderating role of coping strategies PY - 2019 T2 - Scandinavian Journal of Psychology VL - 60 IS - 4 SP - 348 EP - 360 DO - 10.1111/sjop.12547 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85065901217&doi=10.1111%2fsjop.12547&partnerID=40&md5=a91975a17e1048c018d6d641cb6fa6db AD - Avenida de las Universidades, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain AB - Gambling, video gaming, and Internet use are typically included as everyday activities that could potentially become behavioral addictions. There is growing evidence that views non-substance related addictions as coping mechanisms, and considers that attachment styles are likely to play a pivotal role on the development of such addictions, especially on young people. Therefore, the present study aimed to: (1) explore the association between attachment, coping, and behavioral addictions (i.e., gambling disorder, video game addiction, and problematic Internet use); and (2) to analyze the mediating/moderating effect that coping has in the relationship of attachment and these behavioral addictions. A sample consisting of 472 students from secondary education (Mean age = 15.6; SD = 1.33; 51.6% females) was recruited. The findings showed a negative association between attachment and behavioral addictions. Most coping strategies were found to be associated with attachment styles, except for self-critique and emotional avoidance. In particular, problem avoidance was significantly correlated to all behavioral addictions. In addition, self-blame and problem solving were significantly correlated to video game addiction and problematic Internet use. Finally, coping was found to act as a mediator and moderator between attachment and video game addiction and problematic Internet use. © 2019 Scandinavian Psychological Associations and John Wiley & Sons Ltd KW - Adolescence KW - attachment KW - coping KW - gambling KW - problematic Internet use KW - video game addiction KW - Adaptation, Psychological KW - Adolescent KW - Adolescent Behavior KW - Behavior, Addictive KW - Emotions KW - Female KW - Gambling KW - Humans KW - Internet KW - Male KW - Object Attachment KW - Students KW - Video Games KW - addiction KW - adolescent KW - adolescent behavior KW - coping behavior KW - emotion KW - female KW - gambling KW - human KW - Internet KW - male KW - object relation KW - physiology KW - psychology KW - student KW - video game PB - Blackwell Publishing Ltd SN - 00365564 (ISSN) C2 - 31087666 LA - English J2 - Scand. J. Psychol. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 30; Correspondence Address: P. Jauregui; Avenida de las Universidades, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain; email: paula.jauregui@deusto.es; CODEN: SJPYA ER - TY - JOUR AU - Kapitány-Fövény, M. AU - Lukács, J.Á. AU - Takács, J. AU - Kitzinger, I. AU - Soósné Kiss, Z. AU - Szabó, G. AU - Falus, A. AU - Feith, H.J. TI - Gender-specific pathways regarding the outcomes of a cyberbullying youth education program PY - 2022 T2 - Personality and Individual Differences VL - 186 C7 - 111338 DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2021.111338 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85117951474&doi=10.1016%2fj.paid.2021.111338&partnerID=40&md5=b9929d789483469883987ea21c88421d AD - Department of Addictology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Semmelweis University, Vas utca 17, Budapest, H-1088, Hungary AD - Nyírő Gyula National Institute of Psychiatry and Addictions, Lehel utca 59, Budapest, H-1135, Hungary AD - Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Semmelweis University, Vas utca 17, Budapest, H-1088, Hungary AD - Doctoral School of Health Sciences, Semmelweis University, Vas utca 17, Budapest, H-1088, Hungary AD - Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, Széchenyi University, Egyetem tér 1, Győr, H-9026, Hungary AD - Digital Knowledge Academy, Petzvál József u. 56, Budapest, H-1119, Hungary AD - Department of Genetics, Cell and Immunobiology, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Nagyvárad tér 4, Budapest, H-1089, Hungary AD - MTA-SE Health Promotion by Peer Education Research Group, Budapest, Hungary AB - Introduction: Marked gender differences have been identified in cyberbullying perpetration and victimization in adolescence. Age and phenotypic traits, including impulsivity and problematic internet use may mediate the association between gender and cyberbullying intervention outcomes. This study thus aimed to explore gender differences and the potential mediating role of age, impulsivity and problematic internet use regarding the outcomes of an elementary school cyberbullying program. Methods: The peer-led STAnD project shapes students' attitudes towards cyberbullying, and promotes help-seeking behaviors. Baseline sample consisted of 933 respondents (51.3% females, mean age = 11.25, sd = 1.64), and after a 42.55% drop-out, 536 remained in the sample for 6-month follow-up. Four primary outcome measures represented protective factors against cyberbullying. Results: Three of the intervention outcomes – change in 1) helpline knowledge, 2) empathy towards the victims of cyberbullying, and 3) risk perception regarding online hazards - were best predicted by gender. A gender-specific path analysis model indicated that higher amount of time spent online might put a barrier to changes in risk awareness among females and in help-seeking willingness among males. Conclusions: Future cyberbullying programs may design separate interventions for adolescent boys and girls with different emphasis placed on empathy training, or the barriers to help-seeking. © 2021 The Authors KW - Cyberbullying KW - Digital literacy KW - Gender differences KW - Internet safety PB - Elsevier Ltd SN - 01918869 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Pers. Individ. Differ. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 2; Correspondence Address: M. Kapitány-Fövény; Department of Addictology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Vas utca 17, H-1088, Hungary; email: m.gabrilovics@gmail.com; CODEN: PEIDD ER - TY - JOUR AU - Lim, Y. AU - Nam, S.-J. TI - Exploring Factors Related to Problematic Internet Use in Childhood and Adolescence PY - 2020 T2 - International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction VL - 18 IS - 4 SP - 891 EP - 903 DO - 10.1007/s11469-018-9990-9 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85053453218&doi=10.1007%2fs11469-018-9990-9&partnerID=40&md5=af5fc912668893c76c56f9950862a985 AD - Department of Home Economics Education, College of Education, Jeonju University, 303 Cheonjam-ro, Wansan-gu, Jeonju, 560-759, South Korea AB - This study used data from a Korean national survey to identify the relationships between problematic Internet use (PIU) and Internet use and psychological functioning variables in children (n = 1221) and adolescents (n = 3671). Data analysis revealed that the rate of PIU is higher in adolescents than in children and that compared to children, adolescents with PIU use the Internet for longer periods than do those without PIU. Moreover, compared to adolescents, children with PIU have a higher tendency to use the Internet for information, entertainment, and communication than do those without PIU. The degree of depression is higher in individuals with PIU than in those without. Therefore, it was concluded that the moderating effect of age cohorts was only found in the relationships between PIU and Internet use time and purpose. Parental education guidelines for each age group and counseling programs for individuals with PIU are suggested. © 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. KW - Adolescents KW - Children KW - Problematic Internet use KW - Psychological functioning KW - Purpose of Internet use KW - Time spent on the Internet PB - Springer SN - 15571874 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Int. J. Ment. Health Addict. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 10; Correspondence Address: S.-J. Nam; Department of Home Economics Education, College of Education, Jeonju University, Jeonju, 303 Cheonjam-ro, Wansan-gu, 560-759, South Korea; email: bluesj@jj.ac.kr ER - TY - JOUR AU - Günaydın, N. AU - Kaşko Arıcı, Y. AU - Kutlu, F.Y. AU - Yancar Demir, E. TI - The relationship between problematic Internet use in adolescents and emotion regulation difficulty and family Internet attitude PY - 2022 T2 - Journal of Community Psychology VL - 50 IS - 2 SP - 1135 EP - 1154 DO - 10.1002/jcop.22708 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85115074910&doi=10.1002%2fjcop.22708&partnerID=40&md5=631e983c9bd1363d7ca270d7cd8143ae AD - Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey AD - Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey AD - Department of Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Istanbul University, İstanbul, Turkey AD - Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey AB - The study aims to determine the relationship between problematic Internet use in adolescents and emotion regulation difficulty and family Internet attitude. The study used a descriptive and correlational design. The sample of the study consisted of 5916 students. The data were collected using the “Problematic Internet Use Scale,” “Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale,” “Internet Parental Style Scale.” The total score on the Problematic Internet Use Scale was 55.41 ± 19.60 while the total score on the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale was 97.51 ± 17.84. Considering the Internet parental styles, it was found that 42.89% of the parents had a negligent attitude. According to the results of the logistic regression analysis performed, grade level was found to affect problematic Internet use. A highly significant correlation was found between problematic Internet use and emotional regulation difficulties and family control of family Internet attitude (p < 0.01). This study determined that adolescents' grade level and excessive Internet use of the father were effective in the problematic Internet use of the adolescents. Adolescents' difficulties in emotion regulation and the type of families' attitudes towards Internet use were associated with problematic Internet use. In accordance with these results, it can be recommended to form programs to decrease problematic Internet use. © 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLC. KW - adolescence KW - emotion regulation KW - family attitude KW - problematic Internet use KW - Adolescent KW - Attitude KW - Behavior, Addictive KW - Emotional Regulation KW - Humans KW - Internet Use KW - Parents KW - addiction KW - adolescent KW - attitude KW - child parent relation KW - human KW - psychology PB - John Wiley and Sons Inc SN - 00904392 (ISSN) C2 - 34536295 LA - English J2 - J. Community Psychol. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 3; Correspondence Address: N. Günaydın; Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey; email: nevin_altintas@yahoo.com.tr ER - TY - JOUR AU - Barreto Carvalho, C. AU - Moura Cabral, J. AU - Teixeira, M. AU - Cordeiro, F. AU - Costa, R. AU - Moura Arroz, A. TI - “Belonging without being”: Relationships between problematic gaming, internet use, and social group attachment in adolescence PY - 2023 T2 - Computers in Human Behavior VL - 149 C7 - 107932 DO - 10.1016/j.chb.2023.107932 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85171185226&doi=10.1016%2fj.chb.2023.107932&partnerID=40&md5=eaf77fdec696ea955cc91ab0a6d300b9 AD - Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of the Azores, Portugal AD - Cognitive and Behavioural Centre for Research and Intervention, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal AD - Family Therapy and Systemic Intervention Center, Portugal AD - Gaspar Frutuoso Foundation, University of the Azores, Portugal AD - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Azorean Biodiversity Group (cE3c/ABG), CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute, University of the Azores, Portugal AB - Gaming and Internet use are positively associated with benefits for interpersonal relationships in adolescence, with these behaviors when excessive having been negatively linked with positive aspects of interpersonal connections, such as secure attachment. Using a representative sample of 7918 Portuguese adolescents, with ages ranging from 13 to 19 (Mage = 15.5, 53.3% females), and three self-report measures of problematic gaming, problematic Internet use, and social group attachment (secure, anxious, avoidant), this cross-sectional study aimed to examine the associations between problematic gaming, as well as problematic Internet use, and secure and insecure (anxious and avoidant) social group attachment styles, in the groups with and without these problems. In the groups without problematic gaming and without problematic Internet use, excessive gaming and involvement with the Internet were negatively associated with secure social group attachment and positively associated with anxious social group attachment; on the other hand, in the groups with severe levels of these problems, problematic gaming and Internet use were positively associated with secure social group attachment and negatively associated with anxious social group attachment. These results go against what had been initially hypothesized and suggest that in the case of adolescents with severe levels of these problems, they may serve as an effective compensatory mechanism for coping with the negative effects of insecure attachment styles, which in turn likely contributes to the maintenance of problematic gaming and Internet use. © 2023 The Authors KW - Adolescence KW - Problematic gaming KW - Problematic internet use KW - Social group attachment KW - Adolescence KW - Attachment style KW - Cross-sectional study KW - Internet use KW - Interpersonal relationship KW - Problematic gaming KW - Problematic Internet use KW - Representative sample KW - Social group attachment KW - Social groups PB - Elsevier Ltd SN - 07475632 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Comput. Hum. Behav. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 0; Correspondence Address: C. Barreto Carvalho; Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal, Rua da Mãe de Deus, 9500-321, Portugal; email: celia.mo.carvalho@uac.pt; CODEN: CHBEE ER - TY - JOUR AU - Paulino, S. AU - Mesquita, B. AU - Fraga, A.M. AU - Gomes, H. AU - Madeira, L. TI - An Initial Investigation of the Role of Depressive and Anxious Syndromes in Problematic Internet Use in Adolescence and Young Adults PY - 2023 T2 - Cyberpsychology VL - 17 IS - 1 C7 - 3 DO - 10.5817/CP2023-1-3 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85167448902&doi=10.5817%2fCP2023-1-3&partnerID=40&md5=cda73d66e38b7d128e2b3a5fcfe41e98 AD - Departamento de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental, Hospital de Cascais, Dr. José de Almeida, Lisbon, Portugal AD - Center for Psychology, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal AD - Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal AB - Depressive and anxious syndromes have been proposed as risk factors and as consequences of Problematic Internet Use (PIU). There has been no study relating affective symptoms in subjects with Problematic Internet Use and those with major depressive and anxious syndromes. In this study, three samples were collected: two from ambulatory clinical settings of the North Lisbon Hospital Centre (1. Centre for PIU and 2. Out-patient psychiatry consultation for adolescents and young adults) and a control group from Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa. Internet use profile and affective psychopathology were assessed and socio-demographic characteristics were controlled. The results revealed that both the PIU group and the clinical group presented significantly higher depression and anxiety scores than the control group while there was no significant difference between them. Also, Problematic Internet Users, similarly to the clinical group, tend to live in less functional families. We speculate that the similitude between samples and yet such different clinical presentations could be explained if Internet acted as a buffer to affective psychopathology. These findings warrant exploring the possibility of PIU as new (and generation biased) psychopathology of depressive or anxious states. © Author(s). KW - affective symptoms KW - anxiety KW - depression KW - Problematic Internet Use PB - Masaryk University SN - 18027962 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Cyberpsychology M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 0; Correspondence Address: S. Paulino; Departamento de Psiquiatria do Hospital de Cascais, Alcabideche, Av. Brigadeiro Victor Novais Gonçalves, 2755-009, Portugal; email: sofbsp@gmail.com ER - TY - JOUR AU - Lavoie, C. AU - Dufour, M. AU - Berbiche, D. AU - Therriault, D. AU - Lane, J. TI - The relationship between problematic internet use and anxiety disorder symptoms in youth: Specificity of the type of application and gender PY - 2023 T2 - Computers in Human Behavior VL - 140 C7 - 107604 DO - 10.1016/j.chb.2022.107604 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85144276839&doi=10.1016%2fj.chb.2022.107604&partnerID=40&md5=eecbbbc97270eb955dc73bb34824ed7b AD - Université Du Québec à Montréal, 100 Rue Sherbrooke O, Montréal, H2X 3P2, Québec, Canada AD - Université de Sherbrooke, 150 PI. Charles-Le Moyne, Longueuil, J4K 0A8, Québec, Canada AD - Université Du Sherbrooke, 2500 Bd de L'Université, Sherbrooke, J1K 2R1, Québec, Canada AB - During adolescence, some youth develop anxiety disorders such as social anxiety disorder (SAD) or generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). However, few studies have been conducted to understand the specific contribution of SAD and GAD to Problematic Internet Use (PIU). In order to adapt intervention strategies, a specific understanding of the contribution of each of these disorders to PIU is necessary. The goal of this study is to evaluate the unique contributions of GAD, SAD, self-esteem, gender, preferred Internet application (video game or social media) and stressful events among PIU adolescents. The sample was constituted of 2883 adolescents (44.3% boys; age 14.61 years) recruited in high schools. Two groups of problematic Internet users were formed based on their time spent on video games (PIU-VG) or social media (PIU-SM). A multinomial logistic regression model showed that self-identifying as girl, living with GAD symptoms, reporting many stressful events and low self-esteem increase the risk of PIU-SM. Likewise, self-identifying as boy, having SAD symptoms, reporting stressful events and low self-esteem increase the risk of PIU-VG. GAD appears to be specifically associated with problematic social media use and SAD with problematic video games use. Results suggest the importance of considering specific anxiety disorders in adolescent PIU evaluation and intervention. © 2022 Elsevier Ltd KW - Adolescents KW - Generalized anxiety KW - Internet addiction KW - Self-esteem KW - Social anxiety KW - Stressful events KW - Human computer interaction KW - Interactive computer graphics KW - Regression analysis KW - Adolescent KW - Generalized anxiety KW - Internet addiction KW - Problematic Internet use KW - Self esteem KW - Self-identifying KW - Social anxieties KW - Social media KW - Stressful event KW - Video-games KW - Social networking (online) PB - Elsevier Ltd SN - 07475632 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Comput. Hum. Behav. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 2; Correspondence Address: C. Lavoie; Université Du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, 100 Rue Sherbrooke O, H2X 3P2, Canada; email: lavoie.christine.psychologie@outlook.com; CODEN: CHBEE ER - TY - JOUR AU - Marci, T. AU - Marino, C. AU - Sacchi, C. AU - Lan, X. AU - Spada, M.M. TI - Problematic Internet Use in early adolescence: The role of attachment and negative beliefs about worry PY - 2021 T2 - Journal of Behavioral Addictions VL - 10 IS - 1 SP - 194 EP - 200 DO - 10.1556/2006.2021.00001 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85104492779&doi=10.1556%2f2006.2021.00001&partnerID=40&md5=0621c3fb6c574f8f46e88500b0cf748f AD - Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy AD - Division of Psychology, School of Applied Sciences, London South Bank University, London, United Kingdom AB - Background and aims: Problematic Internet Use (PIU) might be a potential mental health problem. Few studies have investigated the relative contribution of individual and family factors in the development of PIU in early adolescence. The aim of the current study was to model the relationship between attachment styles, negative beliefs about worry, and PIU in early adolescence. Methods: Five hundred and thirty-eight Italian early adolescents (51% females, M age 5 12.7 years, SD 5 0.87) were included in this study. The pattern of relationships specified by the theoretical model was examined through path analysis. Results: Results showed that avoidance (mother) and anxiety (father) were directly associated with PIU. Anxiety (mother) and avoidance (father) were indirectly associated with PIU via negative beliefs about worry. Discussion and conclusions: Overall, our findings show that attachment toward mother and father are differently linked to PIU and that negative beliefs about worry may play a mediating role in the association between attachment and PIU. Findings are discussed within clinical and preventive implications. © 2021 The Author(s) KW - Attachment KW - Early adolescence KW - Metacognitions KW - Problematic internet use KW - Adolescent KW - Adolescent Behavior KW - Anxiety KW - Child KW - Family Relations KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Internet Addiction Disorder KW - Italy KW - Male KW - Models, Psychological KW - Object Attachment KW - Parent-Child Relations KW - adolescence KW - adolescent KW - anxiety KW - Article KW - avoidance behavior KW - child KW - controlled study KW - emotional attachment KW - father KW - female KW - health belief KW - human KW - internet addiction KW - Italy KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - mother KW - path analysis KW - patient worry KW - theoretical model KW - adolescent behavior KW - anxiety KW - child parent relation KW - epidemiology KW - family relation KW - internet addiction KW - object relation KW - psychological model KW - psychology PB - Akademiai Kiado ZRt. SN - 20625871 (ISSN) C2 - 33475528 LA - English J2 - J. Behav. Addict. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 13; Correspondence Address: C. Marino; Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy; email: claudia.marino@unipd.it ER - TY - JOUR AU - El Asam, A. AU - Samara, M. AU - Terry, P. TI - Problematic internet use and mental health among British children and adolescents PY - 2019 T2 - Addictive Behaviors VL - 90 SP - 428 EP - 436 DO - 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.09.007 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85058708113&doi=10.1016%2fj.addbeh.2018.09.007&partnerID=40&md5=8a26035f1f9672c2a2aeed7f05272564 AD - Department of Psychology, Kingston University London, Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 2EE, United Kingdom AB - Despite concerns about the effects of internet use, little is known about how problematic internet use impacts on British children and adolescents. By adapting the Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire (PIUQ, Demetrovics, Szeredi, & Rózsa, 2008), this study seeks its validation while studying its association with psychopathological and health problems. A sample of 1,814 children and adolescents (aged 10–16 years old) from UK schools completed questionnaires about PIU, behavioural problems, depression, anxiety and health problems. Confirmatory Factor Analysis identified three independent factors: Neglect, Obsession and Control Disorder. Using path analysis, PIU was significantly predicted by conduct problems, hyperactivity, impact on daily life activities, depression and poorer physical health. Males were more likely than females to score higher on PIU. The study shows for the first time that the adapted PIU questionnaire constitutes a valid tool for the assessment of problematic internet use among children/adolescents. The results also suggest an urgent need for the development of intervention strategies. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd KW - Children and Adolescents KW - Internet Addiction KW - Mental Health KW - Pathological Internet use KW - Problematic Internet use KW - Psychopathology KW - Adolescent KW - Age Factors KW - Behavior, Addictive KW - Child KW - Comorbidity KW - Cross-Sectional Studies KW - Factor Analysis, Statistical KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Internet KW - Male KW - Mental Disorders KW - Sex Factors KW - Surveys and Questionnaires KW - United Kingdom KW - adolescence KW - adolescent KW - anxiety KW - Article KW - British citizen KW - child KW - conduct disorder KW - controlled study KW - cross-sectional study KW - daily life activity KW - depression KW - disease association KW - female KW - human KW - hyperactivity KW - impulse control disorder KW - independent variable KW - internet addiction KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - mental health KW - neglect KW - obsession KW - prediction KW - problem behavior KW - Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire KW - scoring system KW - sex difference KW - United Kingdom KW - addiction KW - age KW - comorbidity KW - factor analysis KW - Internet KW - mental disease KW - psychology KW - questionnaire KW - sex factor PB - Elsevier Ltd SN - 03064603 (ISSN) C2 - 30579146 LA - English J2 - Addict. Behav. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 78; Correspondence Address: M. Samara; Department of Psychology, Kingston University London, Kingston upon Thames, Penrhyn Road, KT1 2EE, United Kingdom; email: M.Samara@Kingston.ac.uk; CODEN: ADBED ER - TY - JOUR AU - Gámez-Guadix, M. AU - de Santisteban, P. TI - “Sex Pics?”: Longitudinal Predictors of Sexting Among Adolescents PY - 2018 T2 - Journal of Adolescent Health VL - 63 IS - 5 SP - 608 EP - 614 DO - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.05.032 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85052731187&doi=10.1016%2fj.jadohealth.2018.05.032&partnerID=40&md5=2748ac776fc7761ba50034691c78413d AD - Autonomous University of Madrid, Deparment of Biological and Health Psychology, Madrid, Spain AB - Purpose: To analyze the longitudinal relationships of demographic characteristics (i.e., sex, age, and sexual orientation), personality traits according to the Big Five model, and several indicators of psychological adjustment (i.e., depression symptoms, self-esteem, and problematic Internet use) with sexting behavior among adolescents over 1 year. Method: A total of 1,208 adolescents (638 girls; mean age = 13.57, SD = 1.09) completed measures at baseline and after 1 year of follow-up. The relationships among variables were examined using structural equation modeling. Results: Out of the sample, 10.7% and 19.2% of adolescents reported producing and sending sexual content at time 1 (T1) and time 2 (T2), respectively. Higher ages at T1 predicted more engagement in sexting at T2. Less conscientiousness and more extraversion at T1 increased T2 sexting. Finally, more depressive symptoms at T1 predicted more sexting at T2. Conclusions: Sexting increases significantly over the course of adolescence. Educational efforts should pay attention to demographic and psychological characteristics of adolescents to tailor preventive programs and prevent possible negative outcomes of engaging in sexting. © 2018 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine KW - Adolescents KW - Depressive Symptoms KW - Personality Traits KW - Problematic Internet use KW - Psychological problems KW - Self-Esteem KW - Sexting KW - Adolescent KW - Adolescent Behavior KW - Depression KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Longitudinal Studies KW - Male KW - Self Concept KW - Sexual Behavior KW - Text Messaging KW - adolescent KW - adolescent health KW - adolescent sexual behavior KW - Article KW - cross-sectional study KW - demography KW - depression KW - extraversion KW - female KW - follow up KW - human KW - internet addiction KW - longitudinal study KW - major clinical study KW - male KW - neurosis KW - personality KW - priority journal KW - psychological adjustment KW - psychological aspect KW - self esteem KW - sexting KW - sexual harassment KW - sexual orientation KW - structural equation modeling KW - adolescent behavior KW - psychology KW - self concept KW - sexual behavior KW - text messaging PB - Elsevier USA SN - 1054139X (ISSN) C2 - 30170939 LA - English J2 - J. Adolesc. Health M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 51; Correspondence Address: M. Gámez-Guadix; Deparment of Biological and Health Psychology, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, 28049, Spain; email: mgamezguadix@gmail.com; CODEN: JADHE ER - TY - JOUR AU - Milani, L. AU - La Torre, G. AU - Fiore, M. AU - Grumi, S. AU - Gentile, D.A. AU - Ferrante, M. AU - Miccoli, S. AU - Di Blasio, P. TI - Internet Gaming Addiction in Adolescence: Risk Factors and Maladjustment Correlates PY - 2018 T2 - International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction VL - 16 IS - 4 SP - 888 EP - 904 DO - 10.1007/s11469-017-9750-2 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85017423500&doi=10.1007%2fs11469-017-9750-2&partnerID=40&md5=a56dab228babc162d8d8466db67793d4 AD - C.R.i.d.e.e., Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, Milan, Italy AD - Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy AD - Department “GF Ingrassia” Hygiene and Public Health, University of Catania, Catania, Italy AD - Department of Psychology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States AB - Several studies have documented the existence of a behavioral addiction related to Video Games, which appears to be similar to other forms of addiction (gambling and substance-related) in terms of characteristics and consequences. Literature about this topic has suffered from the lack of a standard definition of this disorder before the publication of DSM-5. Thus, the prevalence of the disorder and its characteristics at the moment are unclear. The present research aimed to investigate the differences between sub-clinical problematic Video Game (VG) use and Internet use and clear Internet gaming disorder (IGD) and Internet addiction in terms of gender, amount of time spent gaming, preferential coping strategies, adjustment problems, interpersonal relations, and to identify risk factors that predict a problematic engagement in video gaming. We administered a survey containing measures about coping strategies, interpersonal relations, internalizing/externalizing problems, and Internet and Video Game addiction to 612 Italian students recruited in the four main regions of the country (age range 9–19; M = 13.94). Results show that 15.2% of participants showed a sub-clinical problematic use of Video Games, while those with a clear IGD were 2.1% (n = 13); 16.3% of them showed a sub-clinical problematic Internet use, while full-criteria Internet addiction was found in 5.9% of the sample. IGD appears to be linked to various dysfunctional outcomes including a wide range of psychological symptoms and behavioral and social problems. Also, problematic video gamers tend to preferentially adopt dysfunctional coping strategies as distraction and avoidance, so VGs seem to represent a mean to cope with problems and difficulties. © 2017, Springer Science+Business Media New York. KW - Internet KW - Internet gaming disorder KW - Psychological adjustment KW - Video Games PB - Springer New York LLC SN - 15571874 (ISSN) LA - English J2 - Int. J. Ment. Health Addict. M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 71; Correspondence Address: L. Milani; C.R.i.d.e.e., Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, Milan, Italy; email: luca.milani@unicatt.it ER - TY - JOUR AU - Díaz-Aguado, M.J. AU - Martín-Babarro, J. AU - Falcón, L. TI - Problematic internet use, maladaptive future time perspective and school context ST - Uso problemático de internet, perspectiva desadaptativa hacia el futuro y contexto escolar PY - 2018 T2 - Psicothema VL - 30 IS - 2 SP - 195 EP - 200 DO - 10.7334/psicothema2017.282 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85045759052&doi=10.7334%2fpsicothema2017.282&partnerID=40&md5=f34993b45218592899258c17a9b4da1d AD - Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain AB - Background: Spain is among the European countries with the highest prevalence of adolescents at risk of Internet addiction, a problem that could be linked to youth unemployment and leaving education early. This research evaluated the role of three variables relative to school context on Problematic Internet Use (PIU) and on the relationship between PIU and Maladaptive Future Time Perspective (MFTP, defined as an excessive focus on the present and a fatalistic attitude towards the future, a variable that had not previously been studied in terms of its relationship to adolescents’ PIU). Method: The study was carried out with 1288 adolescents, aged 12 to 16 years old, enrolled at 31 secondary schools in Madrid, Spain. Results: As expected, we found that MFTP and hostile treatment by teachers were associated with an increase in PIU, whereas school appreciation was associated with a decrease in PIU. In addition, hostile treatment by teachers had a moderate effect on the MFTP-PIU relationship. Conclusions: In order to prevent PIU it is important to foster confidence in adolescents in their own potential to build the future from the present through positive interaction with teachers, stimulating an appreciation of school within these digital natives’ peer group culture. © 2018 Psicothema. KW - Adolescence KW - Future time perspective KW - Problematic internet use KW - School context KW - Student-teacher relationship KW - Adaptation, Psychological KW - Adolescent KW - Adolescent Behavior KW - Attitude KW - Behavior, Addictive KW - Child KW - Female KW - Forecasting KW - Hostility KW - Humans KW - Internet KW - Interpersonal Relations KW - Male KW - Peer Group KW - Pessimism KW - Prevalence KW - Psychology, Child KW - Risk Factors KW - School Teachers KW - Social Media KW - Spain KW - Student Dropouts KW - Students KW - Unemployment KW - addiction KW - adolescent KW - adolescent behavior KW - attitude KW - child KW - child psychology KW - clinical trial KW - coping behavior KW - female KW - forecasting KW - hostility KW - human KW - human relation KW - Internet KW - male KW - multicenter study KW - peer group KW - pessimism KW - prevalence KW - psychology KW - risk factor KW - school dropout KW - school teacher KW - social media KW - Spain KW - student KW - unemployment PB - Colegio Oficial de Psicologos Asturias SN - 02149915 (ISSN) C2 - 29694321 LA - English J2 - Psicothema M3 - Article DB - Scopus N1 - Export Date: 17 October 2023; Cited By: 24; Correspondence Address: M.J. Díaz-Aguado; Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223, Spain; email: mjdiazag@ucm.es ER -