Internet Addiction Among College Students in China: Prevalence and Psychosocial Correlates

Chi, Xinli; Lin, Li; Zhang, Peichao

doi:10.1089/cyber.2016.0234

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“…A meta-analysis of 31 nations across seven world regions showed that a global prevalence of IA was estimated at 6.0% [22]. In China, one study among 1173 Chinese college students found that 15.2% were classified as having Internet addiction (IA) [23]; another study have reported that 12% of young smart-phone users (mean age = 26) were classified as probable problematic social networking use [24].…”

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“…One longitudinal study has found that greater use of the Internet was associated with declines in participants' communication with family members in the household, declines in the size of their social circle, and increases in their depression [31]. In China, studies have shown that students who reported poorer parent-child relationships, higher levels of depression, and lower levels of psychosocial competence were more likely to report behaviors indicative of IA [23]. Alternatively, the association between lower level of family support and higher level of depression with smoking has been widely documented [15,16,20,21,32].…”

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Problematic Internet Use and Smoking among Chinese Junior Secondary Students: The Mediating Role of Depressive Symptomatology and Family Support

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Background: Internet use is significant public health issue and can be a risk factor for other addictive behaviors, such as smoking. The present study examined the association between problematic Internet use (PIU) (i.e., Internet addiction (IA) and social networking addiction (SNA)) and smoking, and the mediating role of depressive symptomatology and family support played in such associations. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 5182 junior secondary students (grade 7 and 8) recruited from nine schools using stratified sampling. Results: A total of 3.6% of students had smoked in the past month, and 6.4% of students were identified as IA cases. Adjusted for significant background variables, PIU (ORa = 2.07, 95% CI = 1.48, 2.90 for IA, ORa = 1.26, 95% CI = 1.09, 1.47 for SNA), and probable depression (ORa = 1.33, 95% CI = 1.05, 1.69) were significant risk factors, while family support (ORa = 0.85, 95% CI = 0.77, 0.94) was a significant protective factor of smoking. The mediation effects of lower family support and probable depression on the association between score on IA scale and smoking, and the mediation effect of lower family support on the association between score on SNA scale and smoking were significant, while the mediation effect of probable depression on the association between score on SNA scale and smoking was marginally significant. Conclusions: PIU contributed to an increased risk of smoking through depressive symptomatology and decreasing family support among junior school students. Interventions to reduce smoking are warranted; they should seek to reduce problematic Internet use and depressive symptomatology, and promote family support.

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Problematic Internet Use and Smoking among Chinese Junior Secondary Students: The Mediating Role of Depressive Symptomatology and Family Support

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“…Apparently, this is due to the conceptual complexity of psychological, pedagogical and sociological studies of the issues related to the use of the Internet environment by primary schoolchildren. However, it should be noted that a negative informational and psychological impact of the Internet on children and adolescents is studied actively enough [16][17][18]. The papers note that children and adolescents are the most vulnerable group of Internet users [18,[20][21][22].…”

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“…However, it should be noted that a negative informational and psychological impact of the Internet on children and adolescents is studied actively enough [16][17][18]. The papers note that children and adolescents are the most vulnerable group of Internet users [18,[20][21][22]. At this stage, the issues of Internet consumption by primary schoolchildren and closely related issues of the impact of information risks and online threats on personal development of children need to be studied, and in addition, science based management of these processes should be provided [23][24][25].…”

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Analysis of Information Requests of Primary Schoolchildren on the Internet

Kremleva¹,

Bederdinova²,

Bederdinova³

2019

Proceedings of the Internation Conference on "Humanities and Social Sciences: Novations, Problems, Prospects" (HSSNPP 2019)

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AbstractModern information society is characterized by rapid and wide spread of the Internet in all spheres of human life. Intellectualization of Internet technologies suggest that the children's Internet sector is "younger" and younger schoolchildren are active consumers of media content. The study aims to assess the indicators of basic needs identified in information requests, and the degree of popularity of Internet technologies and Internet services among primary schoolchildren. The data were collected by the survey method conducted for primary schoolchildren aged from 7 to 10 years. 63 schoolchildren participated in the survey. The questionnaires developed by the author covered a range of issues related to the time and goals of Internet content consumption, awareness of schoolchildren about online risks and others. It was found that the Internet is used by primary schoolchildren to study (50% on average), to search for information (60%), to communicate (about 50% of children aged 9-10 years). Primary schoolchildren actively use social networks: on average, about 60% communicate in the social networks Vkontakte (Vk). It was found that children start to realize the online risks by the age of 10 years. The study confirmed the hypothesis that the Internet has covered all the areas of interests of primary schoolchildren -100% of children use the Internet daily. It is concluded that there is a need for comprehensive protection of primary schoolchildren from possible online risks associated with uncontrolled use of Internet services.

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“…Последние эпидемиологические исследования показывают, что распространенность ИА среди молодежи в Северной Америке и Европе составляет от 1,5 до 13,9% [7][8][9]. В странах Восточной Азии уровень ИА достиг 36,9% среди малазийских студентов [10], 15,6% среди подростков из Гонконга [11], 21,2% во Вьетнаме [12], уровень ИА среди китайских студентов оценивается как 15,2-21,3% [13,14]. Имеются единичные работы, посвященные эпидемиологии ИА в России.…”

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Current approaches to the treatment and correction of Internet addiction

Egorov

Grechanyi

2019

Z. nevrol. psikhiatr. im. S.S. Korsakova

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1 Институт эволюционной физиологии и биохимии им. И.М. Сеченова РАН, Санкт-Петербург, Россия; 2 Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет, Санкт-Петербург, Россия; 3 Северо-Западный государственный медицинский университет им. И.И. Мечникова, Санкт-Петербург, Россия; 4 Санкт-Петербургский государственный педиатрический медицинский университет, Санкт-Петербург, Россия РезюмеСогласно решению ВОЗ игровое расстройство, в том числе в форме интернет-аддикции (ИА) предполагается ввести в раздел «Импульсивные расстройства и поведенческие аддикции» новой Международной классификации болезней -МКБ-11. Популяционные исследования в США и Европе показывают распространенность ИА от 1,5 до 8,2%, а в странах Юго-Восточной Азии она достигает среди молодежи 20-30%. Все это делает актуальной разработку стандартизованных подходов к терапии и коррекции данного расстройства. В обзоре рассматриваются фармакологические и нефармакологические подходы. Фармакологическим методам терапии ИА посвящено несколько исследований, включающих успешное использование таких антидепрессантов, как эсциталопрам, кломипрамин и бупропион. Есть данные об эффективности кветиапина, клоназепама, налтрексона и метилфенидата. Но таких исследований мало, и они имеют существенные методические недостатки (небольшие размеры выборки, отсутствие контрольных групп и др.). Из нефармакологических и психотерапевтических подходов наиболее исследованной и достаточно эффективной является когнитивно-поведенческая терапия (КПТ). Разрабатываются специальные программы КПТ, ориентированные на детей и подростков. Кроме КПТ для коррекции ИА использовались такие психотерапевтические подходы, как терапия реальности, интернет-вмешательства, терапия принятия и ответственности, семейная терапия, комплексные методы. Во многих странах созданы образовательные лечебные лагеря (например, спортивные) для подростков с ИА. Рассматриваемая область исследований в целом нуждается в дальнейшей разработке как собственно терапии, так и диагностической квалификации ИА.Ключевые слова: интернет-аддикция, фармакотерапия, психотерапия, когнитивно-поведенческая терапия. Сведения об авторах:Егоров Алексей Юрьевич -

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Internet Addiction Among College Students in China: Prevalence and Psychosocial Correlates

Cited by 78 publications

References 38 publications

Problematic Internet Use and Smoking among Chinese Junior Secondary Students: The Mediating Role of Depressive Symptomatology and Family Support

Problematic Internet Use and Smoking among Chinese Junior Secondary Students: The Mediating Role of Depressive Symptomatology and Family Support

Analysis of Information Requests of Primary Schoolchildren on the Internet

Current approaches to the treatment and correction of Internet addiction

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