Problematic intemet use as an age-related multifaceted problem: Evidence from a two-site survey

被引：137

作者：

Ioannidis, Konstantinos ^{[1
,2
]}

Treder, Matthias S. ^{[3
]}

Chamberlain, Samuel R. ^{[1
,2
]}

Kiraly, Franz ^{[4
]}

Redden, Sarah A. ^{[5
]}

Stein, Dan J. ^{[6
]}

Lochner, Christine ^{[7
]}

Grant, Jon E. ^{[5
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Cambridge, Dept Psychiat, Cambridge, England

[2] Cambridge & Peterborough NHS Fdn Trust, Cambridge, England

[3] Univ Birmingham, Sch Psychol, Birmingham, W Midlands, England

[4] UCL, Dept Stat Sci, London, England

[5] Univ Chicago, Dept Psychiat & Behav Neurosci, Chicago, IL 60637 USA

[6] Univ Cape Town, SU UCT MRC Unit Risk & Resilience Mental Disorder, Dept Psychiat & Mental Hlth, Cape Town, South Africa

[7] Univ Stellenbosch, Dept Psychiat, SU UCT MRC Unit Risk & Resilience Mental Disorder, Stellenbosch, South Africa

来源：

ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS | 2018年 / 81卷

关键词：

Internet addiction; Behavioral addiction; Internet gaming disorder; Problematic internet use; Lasso; Machine learning; INTERNET ADDICTION; GENDER-DIFFERENCES; ONLINE; DISORDER; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ASSOCIATION; ADOLESCENTS; RESILIENCE; DEPRESSION;

D O I：

10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.02.017

中图分类号：

B849 [应用心理学];

学科分类号：

040203 ;

摘要：

Background and aims: Problematic Internet use (PIU; otherwise known as Internet Addiction) is a growing problem in modern societies. There is scarce knowledge of the demographic variables and specific internet activities associated with PIU and a limited understanding of how PIU should be conceptualized. Our aim was to identify specific interact activities associated with PIU and explore the moderating role of age and gender in those associations. Methods: We recruited 1749 participants aged 18 and above via media advertisements in an Internet-based survey at two sites, one in the US, and one in South Africa; we utilized Lasso regression for the analysis. Results: Specific intemet activities were associated with higher problematic intemet use scores, including general surfing (lasso beta:2.1), internet gaming beta: 0.6), online shopping (beta: 1.4), use of online auction websites (beta: 0.027), social networking (beta: 0.46) and use of online pornography (beta: 1.0). Age moderated the relationship between PIU and role-playing-games (beta: 0.33), online gambling (beta: 0.15), use of auction websites (beta: 0.35) and streaming media (13: 0.35), with older age associated with higher levels of PIU. There was inconclusive evidence for gender and gender x interact activities being associated with problematic internet use scores. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and social anxiety disorder were associated with high PIU scores in young participants (ages <= 25, beta: 0.35 and 0.65 respectively), whereas generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) were associated with high PIU scores in the older participants (age > 55, beta: 6.4 and 4.3 respectively). Conclusions: Many types of online behavior (e.g. shopping, pornography, general surfing) bear a stronger relationship with maladaptive use of the internet than gaming supporting the diagnostic classification of problematic internet use as a multifaceted disorder. Furthermore, interact activities and psychiatric diagnoses associated with problematic intemet use vary with age, with public health implications.

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