Association Between Problematic Internet Use, Quality of Parent-Adolescents Relationship, Conflicts, and Mental Health Problems

Özaslan, Ahmet; Yıldırım, Murat; Güney, Esra; Güzel, Halime Şenay; İşeri, Elvan

doi:10.1007/s11469-021-00529-8

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“…However, according to a report by the Korean National Information Society Agency in 2020 ( 3 ), approximately one-fifth of children who have a mobile device are at risk for Internet addiction. Compared with children who use the Internet in an appropriate and controllable way for their age, children with excessive Internet use experienced attention problems and poor academic achievement ( 4 ), self-control deficiency ( 5 ), and interpersonal conflicts with parents and peers ( 6 , 7 ). Although it is evident from neurophysiological studies that excessive Internet use undermines the cognitive development of young children ( 8 , 9 ), executive function problems caused by excessive Internet use have received relatively little attention.…”

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Longitudinal Investigations of Autoregressive Cross-Lagged Path Models Among Internet Use, Executive Function Problems, and Maternal Control in Young Korean Children

Song

2022

Front. Psychiatry

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Excessive Internet use is related to behavioral and cognitive dysfunctions, but little is known about the relationship between them in young elementary school children. This study examined the longitudinal relationship between children's Internet use for entertainment purposes, executive function problems, and maternal control. Differences by children's Internet addiction status in their associations were also examined. Data from Wave 9 (2016) to Wave 11 (2018) of 1,463 children and mothers who participated in the Panel Study on Korean Children (PSKC) were used. The children's ages were 8 (grade 2), 9 (grade 3), and 10 years (grade 4) at Waves 9, 10, and 11, respectively. Associations between the variables were analyzed using autoregressive cross-lagged model estimations and multi-group analysis. The results showed the longitudinal stability of each of children's Internet use, executive function problems, and maternal control over the 3 years. Mutual associations between maternal control and children's Internet use were found especially in the low-risk group. In addition, children's executive function problems positively predicted Internet use, and negative associations from executive function problems to maternal control were significant over the years. However, some of these associations were significant only in the high-risk group. Discussions have focused on the protective role of maternal control and cognitive intervention, which could reduce children's excessive Internet use.

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Longitudinal Investigations of Autoregressive Cross-Lagged Path Models Among Internet Use, Executive Function Problems, and Maternal Control in Young Korean Children

Song

2022

Front. Psychiatry

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“…Thus, in 2006, when social media was less prevalent, adolescents’ electronic device usage not aiming for social media did not decrease their offline communications with parents in real life, and it did not increase their conflicts with parents. Indeed, empirical evidence has proven that social benefit from the Internet increases parent–adolescent conflicts and communication difficulties [ 38 ]. In conclusion, it is reasonable to suggest that when social media is less widely used, electronic device use does not decrease parent–adolescent communication and family intimacy.…”

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Associations of Adolescents’ Excessive Electronic Device Use, Emotional Symptoms, Sleep Difficulty, and Communication with Parents: Two-wave Comparison in the Czech Republic

Huang

2022

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Adolescents’ excessive electronic device use is associated with psychological problems. However, it is unknown which psychological symptom, including emotional symptoms and sleep difficulty, correlates with excessive electronic device use most strongly. Besides, according to the social displacement theory, parent–adolescent communication might mediate the relationship between excessive electronic device use and psychological symptoms. Using the Czech national survey Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) data in the years 2006 (n = 4782) and 2014 (n = 5082), we used network analysis to explore the relationship between psychological symptoms and excessive electronic device use. In addition, we conducted a mediation analysis to examine the role of parent–adolescent communication. The results revealed that excessive electronic device use correlated most strongly with adolescents’ irritability or bad temper, and this conclusion was stable in 2006 and 2014. In 2014, parent–adolescent communication mediated the relationship between adolescents’ excessive electronic device use and their psychological symptoms. The findings suggest that as the internet industry grows, it is essential to improve parent–adolescent communication quality to prevent adolescents’ psychological problems caused by excessive electronic device use.

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“…Excessive use of SNS can result in psychological and physical problems (Arslan et al, 2021;Özaslan et al, 2022). Individuals who engage in excessive SNS use and are unable to control their online activities exhibit symptoms of social media addiction (Zhao, 2021), and this excessive SNS use can result in emotional problems such as anxiety and depression (Hawes et al, 2020;Shah et al, 2019).…”

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“…Happiness is perceived as a positive emotional state produced by the events and experiences of the individual's life. Positive psychological strengths such as happiness and subjective well-being have been identified as important protective or mitigating factors in the promotion of positive mental health in both wider psychology (Yıldırım, 2021;Yildirim & Balahmar, 2022;Yıldırım & Maltby 2022;Yıldırım & Özaslan, 2022) and during the current pandemic (Greyling et al, 2021;Petrovič et al 2021;Satici et al, 2020;Yıldırım & Güler, 2021). For example, one study found that individuals' hope and resilience decreased their fear of COVID-19 and increased their subjective happiness (Satici et al, 2020).…”

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Fear of COVID-19 and sleep problems in Turkish young adults: Mediating roles of happiness and problematic social networking sites use

2023

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There is burgeoning evidence showing the negative impact of fear of COVID-19 on various mental health outcomes. Little is known about the underlying mechanism of the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and sleep problems in times of health crisis. This study aims to examine whether fear of COVID-19 was associated with sleep problems through happiness and problematic social networking sites (SNS) use. Participants included 506 young adults (67.6% females; mean age = 28.23 ? 8.73 years) drawn from the general public in Turkey. Results showed that fear of COVID-19 had a significant predictive effect on happiness (? = -0.15, p < 0.01), problematic SNS use (? = 0.32, p < 0.01), and sleep problems (? =0.36, p < 0.01)0. Most importantly, happiness (effect = 0.02, 95% CI [0.01, 0.04]) and problematic SNS use (effect = 0.07, 95% CI [0.04, 0.11]) mediated the impact of fear of COVID-19 on sleep problems. These findings suggest that happiness and problematic SNS use are important factors that can help explain the association between fear of COVID-19 and sleep problems among young adults. Intervention and prevention programs can be developed to reduce the effect of fear the of COVID-19 pandemic on sleep problems of young adults by considering the roles of happiness and SNS use in the context of health crises or other stressful situations.

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Association Between Problematic Internet Use, Quality of Parent-Adolescents Relationship, Conflicts, and Mental Health Problems

Cited by 45 publications

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Longitudinal Investigations of Autoregressive Cross-Lagged Path Models Among Internet Use, Executive Function Problems, and Maternal Control in Young Korean Children

Longitudinal Investigations of Autoregressive Cross-Lagged Path Models Among Internet Use, Executive Function Problems, and Maternal Control in Young Korean Children

Associations of Adolescents’ Excessive Electronic Device Use, Emotional Symptoms, Sleep Difficulty, and Communication with Parents: Two-wave Comparison in the Czech Republic

Fear of COVID-19 and sleep problems in Turkish young adults: Mediating roles of happiness and problematic social networking sites use

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