Problematic Video Game Use among Teenagers in Sfax, Tunisia

Chérif, L.; Ayadi, H.; Khmakhem, Khawla; Kacem, Imen Hadj; Kammoun, Sourour; Moalla, Y.

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“…These results also correspond to the study conducted in adolescents in Tunisia, which average use of hours of internet among them to be around 4.5 hours. 14 This results show that the type of internet use among the adolescents in different countries are similar and also the problematic internet use pattern also being similar in different regions. This result indicates that there is need to look more in detail regarding the pattern of use and to control the hours of use of internet in students as it leads to less time for other activities and studies.…”

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“…This result is similar to the trend found in Tunisian study, which reports the problematic internet use among the student population being 18.05%. 14 Also, one of the Italian study conducted in student population has found similar findings that 5.01% moderately addicted and 0.79% seriously addicted. 6 A review of literature on internet addiction and excessive internet use found that in US and Europe prevalence rate is around 1.5% to 8.2%.…”

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Problematic Internet Use Among Indian Adolescents: Finding From a Sample of Undergraduate Students

Bhat¹,

Cherian²,

Thomas³

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BACKGROUND There is paucity of data related excessive or problematic internet use among young adults in India. METHOD The sample consisted of 1763 undergraduate students of various faculties across the city of Mangalore, Karnataka. The study was approved by Nitte University Institutional Ethics Committee and permission was sought from the concerned colleges. Students were cross-sectionally assessed with a specially constructed semi-structured proforma, SRQ-20 (WHO) and The Internet Addiction Test (IAT; Young, 1998), which was self-administered by the students after giving them brief instructions. Subjects were classified into mild users, moderate users, and addicts for comparison. RESULTS Of the 1763 participants who took part in the study, 64.4% (n=1136) were female and 35.6% (n=627) were males. The mean age of participants was 19.73±1.4 years. About 54.56% of total participants were using internet for more than 4 years. As per the Young's original criteria, about 10.4% were moderate problematic user and 0.8% was found to severe problematic user. However, 35.5% of participant felt that they are addicted to internet. 54.8% used it for multiple times in a day. 63.8% were using mobile phone internet. Significant correlation between IAT scores and SRQ scores indicates that higher the internet use higher is the physical and psychological problems. CONCLUSION Our result shows that problematic internet user among young adults is prevalent and this population might be at risk of addiction. It indicates that there higher need to design an intervention and treatments for this susceptible group.

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Problematic Internet Use Among Indian Adolescents: Finding From a Sample of Undergraduate Students

Bhat¹,

Cherian²,

Thomas³

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“…Our findings are also consistent with the results of two studies in India, which reported that 46.8% and 44.6% of the respondents had IA of whom 0.5 and 3.07% were severe IAs, respectively [23,24] . Several studies in Iran, Turkey, and Tunisia found that 16.9, 18.8, and 28.7% of the respondents had IA [3,17,25] .…”

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Internet addiction among medical students of Sohag University, Egypt

Ali

Mohammed

Aly

2017

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“…The study found that high levels of IA have the following effects: 'sleep disorders, neglecting household chores, academic difficulties, social isolation and mood and behavior disturbances.' A similar study was also conducted by Cherif et al (2015).…”

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“…In this study, the prevalence of IA was found to be 15.80% among Moroccan high school students using the Young Addiction Scale. Comparisons with IA prevalence rates in neighbouring countries with relatively similar cultural backgrounds and Internet penetration rates show that in Tunisia, IA prevalence was found to be 11.6% in one study (Missaoui et al, 2015), 18.05% in a second (Cherif et al, 2015), and 23.6% in a third (Masmoudi, 2014). Other studies found that IA prevalence in Algeria was 9.3% (Lukacs et al, 2015), 18.2% in Egypt (Kamal & Mosallem, 2013), 2.1% in Saudi Arabia (Khalil et al, 2016), and 6.3% in Jordan (Malak, Khalifeh, & Shuhaiber, 2017).…”

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A cross-sectional study on Internet addiction among Moroccan high school students, its prevalence and association with poor scholastic performance

Garmah

Bernouss

2019

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth

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There is a growing interest in research on the potential effects of Internet addiction [IA] on students' scholastic lives. Given that there is no research on this subject in Morocco, this cross-sectional study fills the gap by examining the prevalence of Internet Addiction among Moroccan high school students and its possible association with scholastic performance and other socio-demographic factors. Self-administered questionnaires were distributed to 305 students, consisting of sociodemographic questions and Young's Internet Addiction Scale. Chi-square, Independent sample t-tests, and One-Way ANOVA tests were conducted. This quantitative study reveals that IA prevalence among Moroccan high school students is 15.80%. Poor academic performance, being female, having a computer and Internet access, spending excessive time online and having parents with low educational level have been found to be associated with severe Internet addiction. These findings suggest that more research should focus on risk factors associated with Internet addiction to formulate proper preventive measures.

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Problematic Video Game Use among Teenagers in Sfax, Tunisia

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Problematic Internet Use Among Indian Adolescents: Finding From a Sample of Undergraduate Students

Problematic Internet Use Among Indian Adolescents: Finding From a Sample of Undergraduate Students

Internet addiction among medical students of Sohag University, Egypt

A cross-sectional study on Internet addiction among Moroccan high school students, its prevalence and association with poor scholastic performance

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