Transitions in Problematic Internet Use: A One-Year Longitudinal Study of Boys
Psychiatry Investigation
; : 433-442, 2019.
Artigo
em Inglês
| WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
| ID: wpr-760949
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WPRO
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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Base de dados:
WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
Assunto principal:
Transtorno do Deficit de Atenção com Hiperatividade
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Estudos Prospectivos
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Fatores de Risco
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Estudos Longitudinais
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Internet
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
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Estudo observacional
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Estudo prognóstico
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Adolescente
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Psychiatry Investigation
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Artigo