Impact of addiction to internet on a number of psychiatric symptoms in students of Isfahan Universities, Iran, 2010
| Autor: | Alavi, S. S., Alaghemandan, H., Mohammad Reza Maracy, Jannatifard, F., Eslami, M., Ferdosi, M. |
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| Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier International Journal of Preventive Medicine, Vol 3, Iss 2, Pp 122-127 (2012) |
| Popis: | Background: This study aimed to investigate the impact of internet addiction on some psychiatric symptoms among university students. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 250 students selected via quota sampling from universities in Isfahan, Iran. Participants completed demographic questionnaire, Young Diagnostic Questionnaire, Internet Addiction Test and Symptom Checklist-90-Revision (SCL-90-R). Finally, the means of psychiatric symptoms of internet addicted and non-addicted subjects were compared. Also, t-test and multivariate analysis of covariance were used through SPSS 16 software for data analysis. Results: The mean±standard deviation (SD) of psychiatric symptoms such as somatization, obsessive-compulsive disorder, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, aggression (hostility), phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation and psychoticism in the addicted group were 11.27 ± 6.66, 14.05 ± 7.91, 10.5 ± 6.20, 15.61 ± 8.88, 10.77 ± 5.52, 6.77 ± 4.88, 6.05 ± 4.47, 7.61 ± 4.28, and 9.66 ± 6.87, respectively, and in the non-addicted group were 6.99 ± 6.42, 7.49 ± 5.23, 5.46 ± 4.95, 9.27 ± 7.92, 6.35 ± 6.69, 3.57 ± 3.35, 2.41 ± 2.79, 5.47 ± 4.1, and 5.29 ± 4.95, respectively. There were significant differences between the means of psychiatric symptoms in all SCL-90-R subscales and Global Severity Index, Positive Symptom Distress Index, Positive Symptom Total in the addicted and non-addicted individuals (P |
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