Incidence and predictive factors of Internet addiction among Chinese secondary school students in Hong Kong: a longitudinal study

Lau, Joseph T. F.; Gross, Danielle L.; Wu, Anise M. S.; Cheng, Kit-man; Lau, Mason M. C.

doi:10.1007/s00127-017-1356-2

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“…Participants’ identity card number (last five digits), date of birth, and phone number (last four digits) were used for matching. Using the same data set, some sociodemographic and cognitive predictors of incident IA (not included depression) were reported in another paper (Lau, Gross, Wu, Cheng, & Lau, 2017).…”

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Bidirectional predictions between Internet addiction and probable depression among Chinese adolescents

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Walden

et al. 2018

J Behav Addict

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Background and aimsThe aim of the study is to investigate (a) whether probable depression status assessed at baseline prospectively predicted new incidence of Internet addiction (IA) at the 12-month follow-up and (b) whether IA status assessed at baseline prospectively predicted new incidence of probable depression at follow-up.MethodsWe conducted a 12-month cohort study (n = 8,286) among Hong Kong secondary students, and derived two subsamples. The first subsample (n = 6,954) included students who were non-IA at baseline, using the Chen Internet Addiction Scale (≤63), and another included non-depressed cases at baseline (n = 3,589), using the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (<16).ResultsIn the first subsample, 11.5% of the non-IA cases developed IA during follow-up, and probable depression status at baseline significantly predicted new incidence of IA [severe depression: adjusted odds ratio (ORa) = 2.50, 95% CI = 2.07, 3.01; moderate: ORa = 1.82, 95% CI = 1.45, 2.28; mild: ORa = 1.65, 95% CI = 1.32, 2.05; reference: non-depressed], after adjusting for sociodemographic factors. In the second subsample, 38.9% of those non-depressed participants developed probable depression during follow-up. Adjusted analysis showed that baseline IA status also significantly predicted new incidence of probable depression (ORa = 1.57, 95% CI = 1.18, 2.09).Discussion and conclusionsThe high incidence of probable depression is a concern that warrants interventions, as depression has lasting harmful effects in adolescents. Baseline probable depression predicted IA at follow-up and vice versa, among those who were free from IA/probable depression at baseline. Healthcare workers, teachers, and parents need to be made aware of this bidirectional finding. Interventions, both IA and depression prevention, should thus take both problems into consideration.

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Bidirectional predictions between Internet addiction and probable depression among Chinese adolescents

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“…Las investigaciones en relación con la prevalencia de este fenómeno se revisarán a lo largo de este estudio, sin embargo, es necesario señalar que existe consenso científico en indicar que los países asiáticos presentan las mayores tasas de AI en adolescentes (Chun, Shim, & Kim, 2017;Lau, Gross, Wu, Cheng, & Lau, 2017).…”

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Adicción a internet en adolescentes: una breve revisión

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Ramos-Vera

Pardo-González

et al. 2018

Drugs Addict. Behav.

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Internet has become a practically indispensable resource in our lives, being able to access different contents of recreation and leisure, instrumental and academic, communication and social, among many others. One of the age groups that mostly use this resource are teenagers, and there is concern about the problematic use that this can achieve. The reference to behavioral addictions increasingly makes more sense in this area and the advances in science and information account for this. Regarding Internet addiction, it is important to determine the influential or risk factors for its appearance in the adolescent population given that it broadens the understanding of the phenomenon as its eventual prevention or approach. The aim of this review is to analyze the current scientific evidence on Internet addiction in adolescents and identify those elements that compose it as the related risk factors. The main results of this review show that internet addiction in adolescents is a current phenomenon, but with a complex delimitation and poorly agreed definition, which has important psychological consequences, and with the presence of multiple associated risk factors which can be organized as: individual, family and psychosocial.En la era actual, marcada por la globalización y la hiperconectividad, sumadas a las demandas etarias singulares de la adolescencia, la AI se instala como un fenómeno actual, mutable y preocupante que requiere de la atención social y científica. Conflicto de interesesLos autores declaran la inexistencia de conflicto de interés con institución o asociación comercial de cualquier índole.

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“…IAT scores of 40 or higher and of 50 or higher are both frequently used to define PIU. The Chen Internet Addiction Scale is often used in Chinese studies, wherein 57/58 is used as the cut‐off score for screening, while 63/64 is used for diagnoses …”

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“…The Chen Internet Addiction Scale is often used in Chinese studies, wherein 57/58 is used as the cut-off score for screening, while 63/64 is used for diagnoses. 21 Some reports have also investigated the relation between PIU and psychiatric diseases. PIU is reported to be connected to attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), 22 depression, 23,24 anxiety, 25 obsessive-compulsive disorder, 26 personality disorder, 27 ASD traits, 28 sleep disorders, 16,29 and longtime use of the Internet each day.…”

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Associations between problematic Internet use and psychiatric symptoms among university students in Japan

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Yoshimura

Murata

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Psychiatry Clin Neurosci

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Incidence and predictive factors of Internet addiction among Chinese secondary school students in Hong Kong: a longitudinal study

Cited by 53 publications

References 35 publications

Bidirectional predictions between Internet addiction and probable depression among Chinese adolescents

Bidirectional predictions between Internet addiction and probable depression among Chinese adolescents

Adicción a internet en adolescentes: una breve revisión

Associations between problematic Internet use and psychiatric symptoms among university students in Japan

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