Media use and Internet addiction in adult depression: A case-control study

Prevalence and Psychiatric Risk Factors of Excessive Internet Use among Northern Bangladeshi Job-Seeking Graduate Students: A Pilot Study

“…The present study showed no significant association between gender and EIU, which is in contrast to previous studies. Most have found males are more likely to experience internet addiction symptoms (e.g., Dieris-Hirche et al 2017;Ostovar et al 2016;Salehi et al 2014;Younes et al 2016) although the occasional study has found females to be more risk of IA (Afrin et al 2017). Being single (e.g., unmarried, divorced, separated, widowed) has also been identified as a risk factor for IA but this was not found in the present study (although the majority of individuals in the present study were not in a relationship).…”

“…There is also a large body of research showing an association between IA and depressive disorders (e.g., Dalbudak et al 2014;Dieris-Hirche et al 2017;Ha et al 2007;Ko et al 2014;Mak et al 2014;Ostovar et al 2016) and other types of psychopathology (Carli et al 2013). Similar to other behavioral addictions, addictive internet use often arises when individuals attempt to Bself-treat^their stress, anxiety, and/or depression via excessive online activity (Allison et al 2006;Khantzian 1997;Kuss et al 2017).…”

“…Previous studies have also demonstrated a high comorbidity of IA with psychiatric symptoms and mental impairments (Lai and Kwan 2017). Most studies regarding IA and psychopathology (i.e., depression, anxiety, stress) have indicated such associations and comorbidities (Dieris-Hirche et al 2017;Ko et al 2014;Mak et al 2014;Ostovar et al 2016;Younes et al 2016). Based on these past findings, the self-medication hypothesis of behavioral addiction appears to be associated with the development and maintenance of IA as a result of an individual's attempts to Bself-treat^with their stress, anxiety, and depression (Allison et al 2006;Khantzian 1997;Kuss et al 2017).…”

“…Such problematic use has been termed as Binternet addiction^ (Young 1998), and is sometimes based on the core criteria of behavioral addictions such as salience, mood modification, tolerance, withdrawal symptoms, conflict, and relapse (Griffiths 1996(Griffiths , 1998(Griffiths , 2005. IA has been conceptualized as an impulse-control disorder that shares characteristics with behavioral addictions and has become increasingly relevant in many parts of the world (Dieris-Hirche et al 2017).…”

“…A study comprising six Asian countries found that the prevalence rate of IA using IAT with a cutoff score of ≥ 70 ranged between 14 and 51% (Mak et al 2014). The global prevalence of problematic Internet use, using different criteria and tools, has been shown to range between 0.03 to 36.7% (Adiele and Olatokun 2014;Afrin et al 2017;Dalbudak et al 2014;Dieris-Hirche et al 2017;Islam and Hossin 2016;Karim and Nigar 2014;Lee et al 2016;Simcharoen et al 2018;Uddin et al 2016;Younes et al 2016).…”