Uso Problemático da Internet em Adultos: Que relação com sintomas clínicos?

Abstract

Este estudo teve como objetivo analisar a relação entre o uso problemático da internet, sintomas de depressão, ansiedade e stress, e autoconceito. Participaram 265 adultos, que responderam a um questionário sociodemográfico, à Escala de Uso Generalizado Problemático da Internet, Escala de Ansiedade, Depressão e Stress-21 de Lovibond & Lovibond e ao Inventário de Autoconceito. Quanto maior revela ser a preferência de interação social online, a utilização da Internet para regular o humor, a autorregulação deficiente e as consequências negativas do uso da Internet, maior é a intensidade dos sintomas de ansiedade, depressão, e stress e menor o autoconceito total.

Problematic Relationships with Smartphones of Spanish and Colombian University Students

“…This has extended its use to the area of education, where some studies [16] have shown the student's habits within and outside university spaces, where in the first scenario it is commonly used in transportation and outdoors; while in the second scenario the classrooms, the hallways and the libraries are the most exploited places. It is precisely the attractiveness they possess that has resulted on their use increasing exponentially, with some authors [3,[17][18][19] already speaking about the problematic use of smartphones.…”

“…All of this is thanks to the universalization of the internet in general, and the tools which we can use through it, as these tools provide abundant means for socializing with others, perform consultations of any kind, search for knowledge, entertain ourselves, etc. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ].…”

“…Before continuing, it should be mentioned that within the scientific community, there is no clear definition of this behavioral disorder, as we have found authors who discuss the problematic use of the device [ 3 , 17 , 18 , 19 ], while others prefer to talk about addiction [ 1 , 2 , 20 , 21 , 22 ]. However, the purpose of this study is not to delve into this debate, as the starting position of this work is that only a problematic relationship exists [ 17 , 18 ], detailed on the fifth version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders [ 23 ] which points to this relationship not having an addiction factor, given that this publication only mentions addiction in cases of pathological gambling and a behavioral disorders.…”

“…Mobile phones, as previously indicated [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 30 ], provide their users with numerous gratifications which begs the question of what type of relationship we as individuals have developed towards them or with them. Some research studies have determined that a variable that determines the presence of problematic use is the amount of time spent utilizing the devices [ 11 , 30 , 31 ], while others indicate that the variable gender is the one that defines this relationship, with women showing a greater relationship with them.…”

Adição à internet ou uso problemático da internet? Qual dos termos usar?

“…Griffiths, 2015;Piguet, Berchtold, Akre, & Suris, 2015;Pontes et al, 2016) or higher levels of psychopathology, such as depression (e.g. Cabral, Pereira, & Teixeira, 2018;Mendes & Silva, 2017;Pontes, Patrão, & Griffiths, 2014;Tokunaga & Rains, 2016).…”