Transitions in Problematic Internet Use: A One-Year Longitudinal Study of Boys
Psychiatry Investigation
;
: 433-442, 2019.
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in English
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| ID: wpr-760949
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Longitudinal studies may help elucidate the factors associated with Problematic Internet Use (PIU); however, little prospective research has been conducted on the subject. The aim of the current study was to prospectively examine PIU in children/adolescents and identify the possible risk factors associated with transitions in PIU severity.METHODS:
650 middle-school boys were surveyed at two points one year apart and assessed for PIU using the Internet Addiction Proneness Scale for Youth (KS-II) and on other psychological characteristics.RESULTS:
We found that 15.3% at baseline and 12.4% at one year met the criteria for at-risk/high-risk PIU (ARHRPIU). Both the persistent-ARHRPIU and emerging-ARHRPIU groups revealed greater depressive, motor impulsive, and smart-phone-addiction tendencies than the remitting-ARHRPIU group or the persistent low-risk group. In addition, we found that individuals exhibiting higher hyperkinetic attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) scores were less likely to remit from ARHRPIU, and that individuals exhibiting more ADHD-related cognitive dysfunction and reporting fewer Internet-game-free days were more likely to demonstrate an emergence of ARHRPIU.CONCLUSION:
The present findings support previous studies in that specific negative-health features are linked to transitions in ARHRPIU. Furthermore, these findings suggest that intervention is needed and may be best targeted at specific groups of youths.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
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Prospective Studies
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Risk Factors
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Longitudinal Studies
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Internet
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adolescent
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Psychiatry Investigation
Year:
2019
Type:
Article
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