Bidirectional predictions between Internet addiction and probable depression among Chinese adolescents
| Autor: | Danielle L. Walden, Kit-man Cheng, Phoenix K. H. Mo, Joseph Lau, Mason C. M. Lau, Anise M. S. Wu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Longitudinal study Adolescent Full-Length Report Internet addiction media_common.quotation_subject Medicine (miscellaneous) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Longitudinal Studies Prospective Studies adolescents Psychiatry Baseline (configuration management) Depression (differential diagnoses) media_common Internet Chinese business.industry Depression Incidence (epidemiology) Addiction Incidence longitudinal study General Medicine 030227 psychiatry Behavior Addictive Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Hong Kong The Internet Female Psychology business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Behavioral Addictions |
| ISSN: | 2063-5303 |
| Popis: | Background and aims The aim of the study is to investigate (a) whether probable depression status assessed at baseline prospectively predicted new incidence of Internet addiction (IA) at the 12-month follow-up and (b) whether IA status assessed at baseline prospectively predicted new incidence of probable depression at follow-up. Methods We conducted a 12-month cohort study (n = 8,286) among Hong Kong secondary students, and derived two subsamples. The first subsample (n = 6,954) included students who were non-IA at baseline, using the Chen Internet Addiction Scale (≤63), and another included non-depressed cases at baseline (n = 3,589), using the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale ( Results In the first subsample, 11.5% of the non-IA cases developed IA during follow-up, and probable depression status at baseline significantly predicted new incidence of IA [severe depression: adjusted odds ratio (ORa) = 2.50, 95% CI = 2.07, 3.01; moderate: ORa = 1.82, 95% CI = 1.45, 2.28; mild: ORa = 1.65, 95% CI = 1.32, 2.05; reference: non-depressed], after adjusting for sociodemographic factors. In the second subsample, 38.9% of those non-depressed participants developed probable depression during follow-up. Adjusted analysis showed that baseline IA status also significantly predicted new incidence of probable depression (ORa = 1.57, 95% CI = 1.18, 2.09). Discussion and conclusions The high incidence of probable depression is a concern that warrants interventions, as depression has lasting harmful effects in adolescents. Baseline probable depression predicted IA at follow-up and vice versa, among those who were free from IA/probable depression at baseline. Healthcare workers, teachers, and parents need to be made aware of this bidirectional finding. Interventions, both IA and depression prevention, should thus take both problems into consideration. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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