Internet Use, Abuse, and Dependence Among Students at a Southeastern Regional University

Fortson, Beverly L.; Scotti, Joseph R.; Chen, Yi-Chuen; Malone, Judith; Ben, Kevin S. Del

doi:10.3200/jach.56.2.137-146

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“…A recent random telephone survey of the general U.S. population reported an estimate of .3-.7% (1). A study of Southern U.S. university students found that about a quarter met criteria for Internet dependence (20).…”

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Internet Addiction or Excessive Internet Use

Weinstein

Lejoyeux

2010

The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

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Internet Addiction or Excessive Internet Use

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Lejoyeux

2010

The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

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“…but internet addicts are using it mainly for chat rooms, social media sites, computer games, cartoons and films. Moreover, these internet addicts prefer to use it while alone, (Sunwoo, 2002;Fortson, 2007).…”

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Internet Addiction among Senior Medical Students in King Abdulaziz University, Prevalence and Association with Depression

Bakarman¹

2017

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Introduction: Excessive internet use can lead to negative outcomes such as poor academic performance and social isolation. Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of the internet addiction and to explore the factors associated with depression among medical students, King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Methods:The total number of senior medical students was 1049 in the academic years 2013-2014. An analytical cross sectional study was adopted. Stratified sampling technique with proportional allocation to recruit medical students. A self-administered questionnaire was used which adopted the 20-item Young's internet addiction test (IAT) to explore the internet addictions, while the existence of depression was assessed using the centre for epidemiological studies depression scale (CES-D). Results:The study included 161 medical students, making the response rate of 78.2%. Majority (94.4%) had computer and 99.4% were using the internet. Community sites ranked first (40.6%), whereas general sites, chatting and emailing were preferred by 14.4%, 10% and 10% respectively. Internet addiction was reported among only five students (3.1%). Possible addiction was reported among 74 students (46.3%). Male students (66.2%) were more addicts to internet than females (44.6%) (P=0.007). The 4th year students reported the highest rate of internet addiction or possible addiction (70.3%) (P=0.003). All internet addicts were depressed, whereas 74.1% of possible addicts and 62.2% of non addicts were depressed (P=0.088). However, the trend in the prevalence of depression in the three different situations was statistically significant (P=0.034). Conclusion:Internet addiction is growing hidden problem, which has psychological and social impact on medical students and requires preventive strategies and therapeutic interventions.

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“…Test results also showed, by using the t-test, that there was no statistically significant difference between the genders in terms of Internet addiction. In a study by Fortson et al conducted on students at the university of Virginia, it was determined that there was no difference between girls and boys when it came to the average usage of the Internet (12 was noted between the two genders (13). Such differences between males and females, which should be further investigated, may be due to the differences in the amount of time spent online.…”

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The Relationship Between Internet Addiction and Depression in Nursing Students of Larestan School of Nursing and Gerash Paramedical School

Shirazi

Pour²,

Ghaffari

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J Obstet Gynecol Cancer Res

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Background: As the use of computers and the Internet by adolescents and young adults continues to grow, it appears to be essential to study the relationship between the consumption of electronic media and mental health. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between depression and Internet addiction in nursing students of Hazrat Zainab school of nursing (Larestan University of Medical Sciences) and Gerash Paramedical School, located in the southern part of the Fars province. Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive correlation study, in which a questionnaire, including the beck depression inventory (BDI) and the young's internet addiction test (IAT), were distributed among a total 150 volunteer students of Larestan Faculty of Medical Sciences. Statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS software, version 19 (SPSS, Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). Results:The results showed that four percent of the participants of this study had Internet addiction and this dependency on the Internet, as according to the t-test, was not significantly different between males and females. However, the current results showed a significant association between depression and Internet addiction (P = 0.024, r = 0.222). Conclusions: Technology plays an important role in our everyday lives and the identification of its dimensions is crucial.

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Internet Use, Abuse, and Dependence Among Students at a Southeastern Regional University

Abstract: Mental health and student affairs professionals should be alert to the problems associated with Internet overuse, especially as computers become an integral part of college life.

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Internet Addiction or Excessive Internet Use

Internet Addiction or Excessive Internet Use

Internet Addiction among Senior Medical Students in King Abdulaziz University, Prevalence and Association with Depression

The Relationship Between Internet Addiction and Depression in Nursing Students of Larestan School of Nursing and Gerash Paramedical School

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