2684 – The relationship of affective temeperament and emotional-behavioral difficulties to internet addiction in high school students

Abstract

Introduction:Adolescents with Internet addiction were also shown to have higher scores in neuroticism and psychoticism temperament categories than those of the control group.Objectives:There is not a study in the literature addressing the correlation between affective temperament profiles and the Internet addiction.Aims:Our aim was to compare the affective temperament profiles and emotional and behavioural characteristics of adolescents with or without the Internet addiction.Methods:This is a descriptive and cross-sectional study. It was conducted in a high school. The study sample included 303 students. A sociodemographic characteristics data form, Internet Addiction Scale (IAS), The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (DSQ), and The Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris, and San Diego Autoquestionnaire (TEMPSA) were used to collect data.Results:Of the sample, 6.6% were found to be addicted to Internet. Having a computer in the home (p< 0.001) was found to be related with higher scores on the IAS. The prevalence rate of anxious temperament for Internet addicts was more than that for non-addicts (p< 0.001). Dysthymic (p< 0.01), cyclothymic (p< 0.01), hyperthymic (p< 0.01), irritable (p< 0.01), and anxious (p< 0.01) temperaments; conduct problems (p< 0.05), hyperactivity-inattention (p< 0.05), emotional symptoms (p< 0.05), and total difficulties (p< 0.01) were found to be correlated with IAS scores.Conclusions:There is a relation between the Internet addiction and affective temperament profiles, especialy with anxious temperament. Furthermore, emotional and behavioural problems are more frequent in adolescents who have problematic Internet use.

Why Are Turkish University Students Addicted to the Internet? A Moderated Mediation Model

“…In this sense, the use of the internet in cities for purposes such as emails, social networking services, shopping, work, etc., increases addiction to the internet [95]. On the contrary, some studies found no difference between rural and urban areas regarding internet addiction [100][101][102][103]. Some studies could not find a meaningful relationship between age and selfesteem [131,132].…”

“…Therefore, several studies found that people who live in an urban area have higher internet addiction [91,[96][97][98], whereas others found internet addiction is more prevalent in rural areas [99]. However, some studies report no variations between individuals at risk of internet addiction residing in rural areas, towns, and large cities [100][101][102][103]. In the light of the current literature, the hypotheses of the research were formed as follows: Hypothesis 1 (H1).…”

Screen use habits among children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders: A cross-sectional study from Turkey

“…There are studies in literature that used the SDQ to evaluate emotional and behavioral problems in internet-addicted youth. A community-based study reported a relationship between pathological internet use and SDQ total difficulty score and conduct problems (Ozturk, Ekinci, Ozturk, & Canan, 2013). In another study, 11 th and 12 th -grade students reported that excessive internet use had both positive (prosocial) and negative impacts (peer problems, conduct problems, emotional problems, and hyperactivity) on the SDQ (Kumar et al, 2019).…”