The relationship of internet addiction with anxiety and depressive symptomatology

The Current Situation of Internet Addiction and Its Impact on Sleep Quality and Self-Injury Behavior in Chinese Medical Students

“…8 Many surveys found that people with IA have very serious anxiety and depression. 9 Regarding the relationship between anxiety and IA, Soulioti et al 10 study found that anxiety symptoms were moderately correlated with the overall score of IA. Tonioni et al 11 found that the longer the Internet time, the less communication with people in the real world, the higher the anxiety and depression scores.…”

Associations Among the Big Five Personality Traits, Maladaptive Cognitions, and Internet Addiction Across Three Time Measurements in 3 Months During the COVID-19 Pandemic

“…The cognitive–behavioral model suggests that the symptoms of Internet addiction could get exhibited through vicious cycles, which can further affect individuals’ personality ( Davis, 2001 ). For example, many studies have indicated that Internet addiction can exert a negative effect on individuals’ shyness ( Tian et al, 2017 ), self-esteem ( Mo et al, 2020 ), and depression ( Soulioti et al, 2018 ), thereby highlighting that Internet addiction can also exert negative effects on individuals’ Big Five personality traits. In addition, the cognitive–behavioral model explained the mechanism through which Internet addiction affects individuals’ Big Five personality traits.…”

“…More specifically, individuals with maladaptive cognitions tend to spend more time or money on the Internet and less time on activities that they may have found pleasurable before. When an individual reduces face-to-face interactions with their friends or family members, they become socially isolated and experience weak social support and increasing interpersonal issues, which may affect their personality traits ( Tian et al, 2017 ; Soulioti et al, 2018 ). On the basis of vicious cycles through which Internet addiction operates, maladaptive cognitions also tend to be a key factor determining the effect of Internet addiction on individuals’ Big Five personality traits.…”

“…Although some studies have highlighted coping style ( Zhou et al, 2017 ), self-liking ( Kircaburun and Griffiths, 2018 ), and family function ( Hou et al, 2018 ) to mediate associations between the Big Five personality traits and Internet addiction, more mediating factors should be investigated. Finally, no study has investigated the effects of Internet addiction on the Big Five personality traits; the literature has only suggested that Internet addiction exerts effects on individuals’ personality traits, such as shyness and depression ( Tian et al, 2017 ; Soulioti et al, 2018 ). Therefore, the effects of Internet addiction on individuals’ Big Five personality traits merit further research.…”

Internet addiction among Czech adolescents

“…An exploratory study by Cerniglia, Cimino, Marzilli, Pascale, and Tambelli (2020) found evidence supporting the mutual relationship among biological, individual, and social risk factors associated with Internet addiction in young adulthood, as well as a connection between young adults' family functioning, impulsivity, and depressive problems. In this context, it has also been found that depression and extraversion are among the positive predictors of Internet addiction (Przepiorka, Blachnio, & Cudo, 2019;Soulioti, Stavropoulos, Christidi, Papastefanou, & Roussos, 2018). Another important area is attachment styles; it has been shown that insecure attachment styles for adolescents constitute a risk for Internet addiction (Kutlu, Savcı, Demir, & Aysan, 2016).…”