Do Attachment Styles and Family Functioning Predict Adolescents’ Problematic Internet Use? A Relative Weight Analysis

Cacioppo, Marco; Barni, Daniela; Correale, Cinzia; Mangialavori, Sonia; Danioni, Francesca; Gori, Alessio

doi:10.1007/s10826-019-01357-0

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“…Meanwhile, poor attachment between parents and children has been proven to pose an Internet addiction risk among children. Research shows that the quality of a father's trust in his child can reduce the risk of Internet abuse, while the pattern of parenting that often ignores his child can increase adolescents' problematic Internet use (Cacioppo et al, 2019;Yang et al, 2016).…”

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“…Adolescents, who appear to be close to the family but have weak bonding with other family members or do not have clear family rules will potentially increase their addiction (Cacioppo et al, 2019). Other research on conflict in the family is also positively related to adolescents who experience PIU (Strittmatter et al, 2015).…”

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“…It is important to implement a family-focused program intervention for adolescents who experience PIU symptoms to avoid more severe addiction. So far, family therapy is the most effective solution for adolescents with PIU (Bonnaire, et al, 2019;Cacioppo et al, 2019;Jahng, 2019;Marino et al, 2019;Marrero et al, 2018;Young, 2009;Zhu et al, 2015).…”

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“…Factors that cause an adolescent to experience PIU include social awkwardness, boredom, a strong motivation to fulfill self-satisfaction, and loneliness as the most dominant factor (Padilla-walker et al 2012). In addition, parenting and family factors are also important predictors in adolescents, where adolescents who grow up with many conflicts or dysfunction in the family (either caused by fathers or mothers) have higher risk for experiencing problematic Internet use (Cacioppo et al, 2019).…”

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“…Experts agree that the mother's role is greater in early childhood, especially in terms of caring for and paying attention to children both physically and emotionally. While the role of fathers in middle age to adolescence becomes important for the development of character building and needed for cognitive and emotional development in adolescence (Cacioppo et al, 2019). Meanwhile, parents must also understand that in the world of adolescents, private symbolic communication, such as communication via telephone or written messages, will be more important than the physical touch of parents like they got when they were little.…”

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Parent Attachment and Adolescent’s Problematic Internet Use: A Literature Review

Asyriati¹

2020

Proceedings of the 5th ASEAN Conference on Psychology, Counselling, and Humanities (ACPCH 2019)

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Problematic Internet Use (PIU) is a disorder that involves Internet use and has the potential to happen to adolescents in the current digital age. As PIU predictors, parent attachment is one of the variables often studied by many researchers. However, in the development of technology where attachment between parents and children can be created through sophisticated devices, it is necessary to review whether the lack of parent attachments still has a relevant relationship with PIU. The aims of this literature review is to provide information about the relationship between parent attachment and adolescents' problematic internet use in the year of 2015 to 2019. A total of 72,275 participants from various countries were involved in the study, which was summarized in 25 articles. Literature search uses the Google Scholar database with several publishers, such as science direct and others. The method of selecting scientific articles is in accordance with the screening criteria preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyzes (PRISMA). Results show that lack of parent attachment is still the most influential variable on PIU, even though technology has helped parents to create attachment with their children. Interventions with a persuasive approach from parents to children directly become the most effective choice to help adolescents with PIU.

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Parent Attachment and Adolescent’s Problematic Internet Use: A Literature Review

Asyriati¹

2020

Proceedings of the 5th ASEAN Conference on Psychology, Counselling, and Humanities (ACPCH 2019)

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Association of problematic internet use with depression, impulsivity, anger, aggression, and social anxiety: Results of a national study among Lebanese adolescents

Haddad

Malaeb

Sacre³

et al. 2021

Pediatric Investigation

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Importance Several studies conducted worldwide (mostly in Western countries) highlighted the negative effects of problematic internet use, particularly among adolescents aged 12 to 17, including depression, impulsivity, aggression, and social fear and avoidance. In Lebanon, literature on the prevalence and impact of problematic internet use among adolescents is limited. Objective This study aim was to study the association between problematic internet use and depression, impulsivity, anger, aggression and social phobia among Lebanese adolescents. Methods A cross‐sectional study was performed on 1103 young adolescents (14–17 years), recruited from October 2017 till April 2018. The Internet Addiction Test (IAT) was used to evaluate the level of problematic internet use. Data were analyzed using the MANCOVA analysis. The main independent variable of interest was the IAT, while the dependent variables included the psychological scales. Results The multivariate analysis taking the psychological scales as the dependent variables and the problematic internet use (IAT score) as an independent variable, showed that problematic internet use was associated with higher depression, impulsivity, aggression, anger, hostility and social anxiety. Interpretation Problematic internet use has become an important health issue that should not be overlooked, particularly because of the increased use of the internet by adolescents. Educational programs on early exposure to the internet should be developed.

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Attachment Theory

Gavazzi,

Lim

2023

Advancing Responsible Adolescent Development

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Do Attachment Styles and Family Functioning Predict Adolescents’ Problematic Internet Use? A Relative Weight Analysis

Cited by 54 publications

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Parent Attachment and Adolescent’s Problematic Internet Use: A Literature Review

Parent Attachment and Adolescent’s Problematic Internet Use: A Literature Review

Association of problematic internet use with depression, impulsivity, anger, aggression, and social anxiety: Results of a national study among Lebanese adolescents

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