Psychiatry Investig.
2019 Jun;16(6):433-442. 10.30773/pi.2019.04.02.1.
Transitions in Problematic Internet Use: A One-Year Longitudinal Study of Boys
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- 1Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea.
- 2Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea.
- 3Department of Psychiatry, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
- 4Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea. skmind@hallym.ac.kr
- 5Departments of Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Child Study, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
- 6National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
- 7Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, CT, USA.
- KMID: 2451938
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.30773/pi.2019.04.02.1
Abstract
OBJECTIVE
Longitudinal studies may help elucidate the factors associated with Problematic Internet Use (PIU); however, little prospective research has been conducted on the subject. The aim of the current study was to prospectively examine PIU in children/adolescents and identify the possible risk factors associated with transitions in PIU severity.
METHODS
650 middle-school boys were surveyed at two points one year apart and assessed for PIU using the Internet Addiction Proneness Scale for Youth (KS-II) and on other psychological characteristics.
RESULTS
We found that 15.3% at baseline and 12.4% at one year met the criteria for at-risk/high-risk PIU (ARHRPIU). Both the persistent-ARHRPIU and emerging-ARHRPIU groups revealed greater depressive, motor impulsive, and smart-phone-addiction tendencies than the remitting-ARHRPIU group or the persistent low-risk group. In addition, we found that individuals exhibiting higher hyperkinetic attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) scores were less likely to remit from ARHRPIU, and that individuals exhibiting more ADHD-related cognitive dysfunction and reporting fewer Internet-game-free days were more likely to demonstrate an emergence of ARHRPIU.
CONCLUSION
The present findings support previous studies in that specific negative-health features are linked to transitions in ARHRPIU. Furthermore, these findings suggest that intervention is needed and may be best targeted at specific groups of youths.
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