Depression, loneliness and Internet addiction: How important is low self-control?

Özdemir, Yalçın; Kuzucu, Yaşar; Ak, Şerife

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2014.02.009

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“…More importantly, SNS use was a stronger predictor of smartphone addiction than game use. Consistent with previous research on self-control and internet addiction (Li et al, 2014;€ Ozdemir et al, 2014), this present study found that self-control had a protective effect on smartphone addiction. Those with lower self-control were more likely to be addicted, whereas those with higher self-control were less likely to be addicted to smartphones.…”

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What type of content are smartphone users addicted to?: SNS vs. games

Jeong

Kim

Yum

et al. 2016

Computers in Human Behavior

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

What type of content are smartphone users addicted to?: SNS vs. games

Jeong

Kim

Yum

et al. 2016

Computers in Human Behavior

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“…Lonely younger adults use the Internet to escape from real-life problems [21] and suffer from poorer self-control while using the Internet [23], which leads to increased susceptibility to problematic Internet use. Lonely older adults might be similarly affected.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Since ICT is often used as a tool for entertainment and regulation of negative moods [21], loneliness might lead to negative moods that draw people to using ICT more frequently for mood regulation. At the same time, loneliness diminishes the capacity for self-regulation [22] and is associated with Internet addiction through low self-control [23]. The lonely hence suffer from a two-fold disadvantage that encourages a malicious cycle of dysregulated Internet use: a stronger temptation to use the Internet for mood regulation and a lesser ability to regulate their use once they have started [21].…”

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Loneliness Shapes the Relationship between Information and Communications Technology Use and Psychological Adjustment among Older Adults

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Background: Given findings that generally support the benefits of information and communication technology (ICT) for older adults’ psychosocial adjustment, one might surmise that lonely older adults, who have a stronger need for psychological support, would reap more psychosocial benefits from ICT use. However, scant research has examined this view, much less the likelihood that ICT use might worsen the psychological well-being of lonely older adults, as has been shown to be the case in younger adults. Objective: To examine whether the association between ICT use and psychological adjustment (i.e., psychological distress and sense of community [SOC]) among older adults depends on their loneliness levels. Methods: A representative sample of 738 Hong Kong SAR Chinese older adults aged 60 years or older (56% female) was interviewed in 2017 on loneliness, frequency of ICT use (i.e., Internet and smart devices), psychological distress (6-item Kessler scale; K6), and SOC. Results: Regression analyses showed that loneliness significantly moderated the relationship between ICT use frequency and psychological adjustment (psychological distress and SOC); more frequent ICT use was associated with more psychological distress and less SOC, with higher levels of loneliness. Conclusion: These findings suggest that ICT use may be a mixed blessing for older adults, i.e., using more ICT might predict worse psychological adjustment among lonelier older adults. Efforts that promote ICT use among older adults should take their loneliness levels into account.

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“…Internet use more broadly (Özdemir, Kuzucu, & Ak, 2014;Yau, Potenza, & White, 2013). POG has been positively correlated with psychiatric symptom dimensions including depressed mood, loneliness, social anxiety and negative self-esteem (Ballabio et al, 2017;Kim et al, 2016;Király et al, 2015;van Rooij et al, 2014).…”

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Gender Moderates the Partial Mediation of Impulsivity in the Relationship Between Psychiatric Distress and Problematic Online Gaming: Online Survey (Preprint)

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Király²,

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Background: Research has shown that some individuals can develop problematic patterns of online gaming, leading to significant psychological and interpersonal problems. Psychiatric distress and impulsivity has been suggested to contribute to problematic online gaming (POG). Objective: The underlying mediating and/or moderating mechanism of impulsivity as well as gender differences in possible associations between psychiatric distress and POG are largely unknown, which guides this current study Methods: To address this gap, the current study examined relationships between self-reported impulsivity, psychiatric distress, and POG in a sample of matched Hungarian female and male online gamers (n=596, 50% males). Results: Results showed that psychiatric distress directly predicted POG, and impulsivity partially mediated the relationship between psychiatric distress and POG. However, this mediation effect was found only for the impatience subscale. Impulsivity did not moderate the relationship between psychiatric distress and POG. A moderating effect of gender was not found in the direct relationship between psychiatric distress and POG. However, a moderated mediation analysis revealed that impatience mediated the association between psychiatric distress and POG in males, whereas the indirect effect of impatience was not significant in females. Conclusions: Future implications are discussed in light of these results.

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Depression, loneliness and Internet addiction: How important is low self-control?

Cited by 247 publications

References 57 publications

What type of content are smartphone users addicted to?: SNS vs. games

What type of content are smartphone users addicted to?: SNS vs. games

Loneliness Shapes the Relationship between Information and Communications Technology Use and Psychological Adjustment among Older Adults

Gender Moderates the Partial Mediation of Impulsivity in the Relationship Between Psychiatric Distress and Problematic Online Gaming: Online Survey (Preprint)

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