Evaluation of Internet Addiction and Depression among University Students

Is Smartphone Addiction Associated with a Younger Age at First Use in University Students?

“…Our findings from correlation analysis of a significant positive association between younger age at first use and development of smartphone addiction are comparable to those of Orsal et al (2013) and Sahin et al (2013) which revealed significant associations between younger age at first use of internet (≤ 9 vs. 10-12 vs. ≥ 13 years) and higher internet addiction median score, and between younger age at first mobile phone use (≤13 vs. ≥16 years) and higher mobile phone addiction median score in Turkish university students, respectively. However, they were unlike those of Darcin et al (2016) who did not find any significant correlation between earlier age at first smartphone use and smartphone addiction among a sample of Turkish university students.…”

“…It also supported the relationship between younger age of behavior onset during childhood and adolescence and increased likelihood of developing problematic behaviors such as problematic internet use, pathological gambling and problematic mobile phone use during early adulthood. Orsal, Orsal, Unsal, & Ozalp (2013) found internet addiction median scores to be significantly higher in those who started internet use at an earlier age (≤9 vs. 10-12 vs. ≥13 years) in Turkish university students (n=3442, mean age=17.6 years). Slutske et al (2014) revealed an inverse association between earlier age of initiation of gambling during childhood and adolescence and the likelihood of gambling disorder in adulthood.…”

Treatment outcomes in patients with Internet Addiction and anxiety

“…12 Researchers suggest that excessive use of the internet can lead directly to Internet Addiction (IA). 2,13 This behavioral addiction has awaken the interest of Psychiatry, especially as it has been suggested that there is an association with psychiatric disorders such as depression, 14,15 attention deficit and hyperactivity, 16,17,18 hypomania, 19 generalized anxiety disorder, 16,20 social anxiety disorder, 16,20 dysthymia, 16 alcohol use disorder, 18 eating disorder, 21 obsessive compulsive personality disorder, 22 borderline personality disorder, avoidant personality disorder, 22 social phobia 23 and insomnia. 24 It has been argued that IA is a symptom of another disorder (such as anxiety or depression) and not a separate Treatment outcomes in Internet Addiction and anxiety Santos V Clinical Global Impressions (CGI) 44 and the Young Internet Addiction Scale (IAT).…”

The Relationship between Depression and Internet Addiction among University Students in Jordan

“…In the evaluation of internet addiction and depression among university students a research was conducted by Orsala et al [3] from the University of Medico Socio in Turkey at 2012, the typical students score on the scale of addiction were 08.28 ± 21.89, while the depression scale score was 14.72 ± 10.58, an alarming correlation appeared on the internet addiction and the level of depression, the research was conducted among first-year students from the University of Eskisehir Osmangazi, a total of 4585 students participated in this survey, the survey had 20 questions with 6 answers ranging from 0 (never) to 5 (always), any student with a test score of 17+ was considered to be depressed, the data were analyzed by SPSS version 20 at a significance value of p<0.05 , 31.4% were found to be suspected of depression [3].…”