Abstract:The growing importance of the new technologies raises the question of the relationship between the individual and the digital world. One of the main motivations of internet usage is social communication. Among the few studies concerning internet usage and the attachment, most suggest a predisposition of insecure people to the excessive internet usage. All participants completed two self-administered questionnaires: RSQ (relationship scale questionnaire) and IAT (internet addiction test). The self-administered questionnaires were put online: The link to the form was distributed by emails and social networks. Our results show a link between attachment anxiety and problematic internet usage. Internet could provide people having an attachment anxiety style a more reassuring environment to interact with others. The attachment preoccupation is a factor related to the problematic Internet usage. A management that takes into account the motivations related to attachment may reduce recourse to the virtual world.
IntroductionSchizophrenia is a chronic mental disorder that can lead to poor social and professional performances.Objectives and AimsTo assess the study's subjects' social and professional functioning and compare the results to those reported in the literature in order to have an idea about the efficiency of the rehabilitation methods available to the patients affected by schizophrenia in Tunisia.MethodsWe have evaluated the social and the professional functioning of 30 patients (20 females and males) whom have been seen in the aftercare unit between February and June 2014 using indirect indicators(marital status and employment) and the Social and Occupational Functioning Assessment Scale (SOFAS).ResultsThe mean age of patients was 37.5 years. The majority of the subjects were single (80%). Three patients divorced after their first hospitalization. The majority of the patients (86%) were employed before they have been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Two thirds of these subjects lost their jobs after the first hospitalization and were still unemployed when the study has been conducted. The average SOFAS score is 46 which is indicates the existence of a significant impairment in the social or the professional functioning.ConclusionsMeasures of rehabilitation are still insufficient. This could be explained by several factors which are related to the patients, their families, the society and the healthcare system.
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