Risks of Abnormal Internet Use Among Adolescents with Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
| Autor: | Jun-Han Wu, Ruu-Fen Tzang, Yue-Cune Chang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Intervention program Internet use business.industry Addiction media_common.quotation_subject Family characteristics General Medicine medicine.disease behavioral disciplines and activities Comorbidity mental disorders medicine Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Cutoff point Psychiatry business Body mass index media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Experimental & Clinical Medicine. 6:190-194 |
| ISSN: | 1878-3317 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jecm.2014.10.010 |
| Popis: | Purpose This aim of the study is to investigate the risks among adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who develop compulsive Internet use (CIU) and adolescents who do not develop CIU. Methods Seventy-eight adolescents with ADHD completed general demographic questionnaires that included information on body mass index, subtype, comorbidity, and behavioral problems. The family characteristics included information on parental ADHD diagnosis, psychiatric symptoms, and media exposure problems. The respondents were categorized as ADHD with CIU or ADHD with non-CIU, based on the Internet addiction cutoff point by the standardized measurements of the Chen Internet Addiction Scale. Results The results revealed 12.8% of the adolescents with ADHD had CIU. They were characterized by average height, tendency to withdraw, having a young father, and playing computer games for more than 1 hour daily. Conclusion More attention to ADHD adolescents with CIU is warranted. An early intervention program is suggested for their social withdrawal tendency. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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