Online activities, prevalence of Internet addiction and risk factors related to family and school among adolescents in China

Miao, Xin; Jiang, Xing; Wang, Pengfei; Houru, Li; Wang, Mengcheng; Hong, Zhao

doi:10.1016/j.abrep.2017.10.003

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“…They used internet for school/work (20.2%) and entertainment (11.9%). [31] Other study done by Miao (2017) [32] found that Social networking, school work, entertainment, gaming and shopping ranked as the top five among all the online activities. According to literature, values used as reference points to characterize long electronic devices use time varies between 2 and 5 hours/day.…”

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Effect of excessive internet use in Saudi and Egyptian teenagers’ health: Comparative study

Nafee¹,

Mohammed²,

Al-Hamdan³

2018

JNEP

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Using of the internet today is a growing part of any society. Teenagers are the most users of the internet at their home and/or school. Therefore, it changes their daily lives in terms of physical, social, and psychological status that may exaggerated to be an internet addiction disorder or a physical problem. The aim of the study was to recognize the effects of excessive internet use in Saudi and Egyptian teenagers' health. The design used to conduct the present study was a descriptive correlation design, a convenient sample of 668 teenagers who were recruited from intermediate and secondary school from both countries, 331 teenagers from King Saudi Arabia (KSA) and 337 from Arab Republic of Egypt (ARE). Three tools were used for data collection: the first one was a questionnaire including demographic background of the participants and their families. The second was Internet Addiction Test (IAT) Young (1998) and the third pain rating scale to assess the intensity of musculoskeletal pain that encountered by the students. Results show that 86.6% of KSA teenagers used the internet daily compared to 69.6% in ARE. Regarding internet addiction, in teenagers, 0.9% were severe, 45.3% moderate and 47.7% mild compared to 0.3%, 46.3% and 44.2% in ARE one, 67.3% of KSA teenagers have musculoskeletal pain with internet usage compared to 74.3% in ARE teenagers. No significant relation was found between both groups in relation to internet addiction. A significant relations were found in Saudi students' socio-demographic data and their level of internet addiction in the area of academic level (p ≤ .001), and level of academic achievement (p = .037). No significant relation was found in the same area for Egyptian students. The researchers suggest further studies to be conducted in this field on larger sample size for both genders to identify the other factors related to excessive internet use.

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Effect of excessive internet use in Saudi and Egyptian teenagers’ health: Comparative study

Nafee¹,

Mohammed²,

Al-Hamdan³

2018

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“…Similar results were seen in a study done by Xin in China, where common online activities were social networking (94.73%), school work (86.53%), entertainment (82.44%), internet gaming (73.42%) and shopping online (33.67%). 2 In the current study the prevalence of mild internet addictive behaviour causing occasional or frequent problems was found in 55.8% and severe addictive behaviour causing significant problem in life in 0.1% of students. In a study done by Xin, the overall prevalence of Internet Addiction was low (26.50%), compared to our study but severe addiction was 0.96% which is higher.…”

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“…In a study done by Xin, the overall prevalence of Internet Addiction was low (26.50%), compared to our study but severe addiction was 0.96% which is higher. 2 A prevalence of 25.1% of problematic internet use is found in a study done by Vries et al among adult psychiatric patients. 3 Another study done by Goswami in central India, showed that 32.9% of students were having mild internet addiction, 16.3% moderate and 0.4% severe internet addiction.…”

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Prevalence and factors associated with the use of internet, and its psychopathological effects among intermediate students in Hyderabad city, India

Chauhan

Reddy

Goparaju

2020

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Excessive use of the internet has become one of the leading challenges of the modern society and causes both physical and mental impairment. There are various researches done worldwide to know the prevalence of internet addiction, factors influencing it and it impact on the lives of adolescent population. Keeping this in mind this study is planned to estimate the use of internet and its impact among intermediate students in Hyderabad city. To know the prevalence of internet use, depression, stress and anxiety among the students; and psychopathological effect of internet use among them.Methods: Multi-centric, cross-sectional study was conducted among intermediate college students. A pre-designed questionnaire was used to assess the internet use and psychopathological effect like behavioural problems, loneliness, depression, anxiety and stress using appropriate scales. It was a self-reported questionnaire.Results: Abnormal internet use was found in 55.9% of students. It was significantly found among those students living alone or sharing room with friends, who had phones before the age of 16 years. It was found more among males and those earning, but not significantly.Conclusions: It can be seen that higher internet use causes sleep problems, behavioural issues, physical health problems, depression, anxiety and stress. But it is also seen that there are factors which have a great influence on the internet use, which can be easily controlled or modified.

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“…Study by Xin M et al [16] among 6468 adolescents in China showed a 26.50% prevalence of Addictive internet use overall and 0.96% severe addiction. Addictive internet use was found to be more among males (30.6%) than females (21.2%).…”

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Prevalence of addictive internet use and its correlates among urban school students in Tamilnadu, South India – a cross-sectional study

Krishnaleela

2018

Public Health Rev: Int J Public Health Res

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Background: Use of Internet has drastically increased in the last decades. Despite of the advantages, use of it can lead to addictive behaviours that can affect various domains of a person's life like physical, social, mental and financial wellbeing. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the prevalence of Internet use and its correlates among 150 urban school students in 13-15 years age group in a selected school in Tirunelveli district, Tamilnadu, South India. Study was conducted using apredesigned, pretested questionnaire part of the questions were retrieved from Young's 20 item Internet Addiction Test. Results: Among the 150 study participants, 53 (35.4%) are not addicted to use of internet, 63 (42%) are in mild addiction level, 29(19.3%) are in moderate addiction level and 5(3.3%) comes under severe addiction level, 43.4% were using internet for social networking and with regard to duration of use of internet, 17% were using internet for duration of 1-2 hours a day and 6% use it for more than 2 hours a day. Conclusion: The current study shows a higher level of internet use and addiction to it among students. Need to enhance the awareness regarding the consequences of these technologies to students.

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Online activities, prevalence of Internet addiction and risk factors related to family and school among adolescents in China

Cited by 224 publications

References 39 publications

Effect of excessive internet use in Saudi and Egyptian teenagers’ health: Comparative study

Effect of excessive internet use in Saudi and Egyptian teenagers’ health: Comparative study

Prevalence and factors associated with the use of internet, and its psychopathological effects among intermediate students in Hyderabad city, India

Prevalence of addictive internet use and its correlates among urban school students in Tamilnadu, South India – a cross-sectional study

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