Pathological Internet Use Is on the Rise Among European Adolescents
| Autor: | Camilla Wasserman, Julian Koenig, Julio Bobes, Tony Durkee, Marco Sarchiapone, Danuta Wasserman, Romuald Brunner, Airi Värnik, Peter Parzer, Doina Cosman, Vladimir Carli, Michael Kaess, Franz Resch, Christina W. Hoven |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Internet addiction Cross-sectional study Poison control Adolescents Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Odds 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Risk-Taking Sex Factors Environmental health Injury prevention Prevalence Medicine Humans Pathological WE-STAY Internet business.industry Environmental and Occupational Health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Pathological Internet use Human factors and ergonomics Perinatology and Child Health 030227 psychiatry Behavior Addictive Europe Cross-Sectional Studies Adolescent Behavior SEYLE Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Psychiatry and Mental Health Female Public Health business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Popis: | Increased Internet accessibility has been accompanied by an increased awareness of pathological Internet use (PIU). The aim of the study was to investigate a potential increase of PIU among European adolescents.Comparable data from two large cross-sectional multicentre, school-based studies conducted in 2009/2010 and 2011/2012 in five European countries (Estonia, Germany, Italy, Romania, and Spain) were used. The Young's Diagnostic Questionnaire was used to assess the prevalence of PIU.The comparison of the two samples provides evidence that the prevalence of PIU is on the rise (4.01%-6.87%, odds ratio = 1.69, p.001) except in Germany. Comparison with data on Internet accessibility suggests that the rise in prevalence of adolescent PIU may be a consequence of increased Internet accessibility.Our findings are the first data to confirm the rise of PIU among European adolescents. They definitively warrant further efforts in the implementation and evaluation of preventive interventions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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