WhatsApp addiction and borderline personality disorder: A new therapeutic challenge

Faye, Abhijeet; Gawande, Sushil; Tadke, Rahul; Kirpekar, Vivek; Bhave, Sudhir

doi:10.4103/0019-5545.183790

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“…Despite their various features, all social media [e.g. Instagram ( 50 ), Facebook ( 51 , 52 ), WhatsApp ( 53 ), LINE ( 54 )] comprehensibly elicit some IA risk. The current study revealed that in our population, Twitter were correlated to higher odds of IA.…”

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The Impact of Physical Distancing and Associated Factors Towards Internet Addiction Among Adults in Indonesia During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Nationwide Web-Based Study

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Introduction Physical distancing has encouraged the public to utilize the Internet for virtually all daily activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to assess the impact of COVID-19 on Internet addiction (IA) prevalence and analyzed the correlated factors during quarantine and pandemic. Methods An online survey was generated, comprising of a sociodemographic section, Internet Addiction Diagnostic Questionnaire (KDAI), Symptoms Checklist-90, and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. The hyperlink was disseminated through social media, companies, and universities. Overall, 4,734 adults, (mean age 31.84 ± 7.73 years old and 55.2% males) representing all 34 provinces of Indonesia, gave valid responses. Results Point prevalence of IA during the COVID-19 pandemic was 14.4% in Indonesian adults. Online duration increased by 52% compared to before the pandemic. Physical distancing was not established as a risk of IA. Increased daily online duration, specific motivations, types of application, and having confirmed/suspected COVID-19 cases within the household were predictive of IA. All subscales of SCL-90 and PSQI were higher in the group with positive/suspect cases of COVID-19 within households and were correlated to higher scores of IA. Discussion Physical distancing alone was not associated with an increased risk of IA. The prevalence of IA during COVID-19 was higher than the previously proposed rate among Indonesian adults, which might be related to digital activities associated with COVID-19 and the popularity of virtual socializing. Furthermore, psychopathologies and sleep disruptions were related to IA occurrences and especially prevalent in groups with proximity to COVID-19. Fear of COVID-19 contraction and rampant misinformation of COVID-19 probably contributed to these factors, which potentially harbor long-term consequences. Conclusion The current study demonstrated a high point prevalence of IA and identified several preventable factors predictive of IA during home-quarantine and COVID-19, especially in adults with confirmed/suspected COVID-19 cases within the household. However, physical distancing did not increase the odds of IA. Public health agencies should maintain physical distancing advisory while providing adaptive psychiatric education and service.

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“…Another case, reported as a letter to the editor, described a female patient having WattsApp (a popular smartphone messenger application) addiction and BPD. BPD characteristics such as the feeling of emptiness, getting bored easily, and unstable self-image increases the proneness for WhatsApp addiction as these people may use mobile more often to stay in touch with a greater number of persons (Faye et al, 2016). There is also evidence of dependent Internet users ranking high in the feeling of loneliness, affective disorders, low self-esteem, and impulsive behaviors, which are common in BPD (Beranuy et al, 2009).…”

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Culture and Borderline Personality Disorder in India

Choudhary

Gupta

2020

Front. Psychol.

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“…MIM applications penetrated deep into the way we communicate with each other in what Malka, Ariel, and Avidar (2015) have called a "unique combination of mass and interpersonal communication channels" (329). The intrusion in people's lives has been so dire that a great deal of research has been conducted regarding the link between the use of this app and new types of addictions and disorders (van den Eijnden et al 2016;Faye et al 2016;Rajini et al 2018). However, instead of working as a deterrent, the significant effect that WhatsApp has had seems to uniquely attract journalists.…”

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Reporting with WhatsApp: Mobile Chat Applications’ Impact on Journalistic Practices

Dodds

2019

Digital Journalism

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Since its release in August 2009, WhatsApp has played a key role in the fast development and expansion of the contemporary polymedia environment within which humans interact with each other. Those in the media, and journalists in particular, have taken to this platform to use it as a way to share and receive information as well as to maintain regular, and sometimes more private, contact with their sources. The goal of this paper is to examine the incentives that underlie journalists' decisions to turn to WhatsApp and the consequences that this mobile chat application has had on the newsmaking practices of reporters inside two Chilean newsrooms. Newsroom ethnography, including participant observation, is employed in this study to gain insight into journalists' routines and their everyday usage of WhatsApp. The conclusions of this article suggest that the utilization of WhatsApp has impacted the relationship between journalists and sources both on a personal and professional level. New perceptions of intimacy and trust, camaraderie and obtainability, and temporality are observed among the journalists who use this application. These observations carry important professional and ethical implications for journalists navigating today's media ecology, and show how technological and socioprofessional aspects are tightly interwoven.

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WhatsApp addiction and borderline personality disorder: A new therapeutic challenge

Cited by 14 publications

References 9 publications

The Impact of Physical Distancing and Associated Factors Towards Internet Addiction Among Adults in Indonesia During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Nationwide Web-Based Study

The Impact of Physical Distancing and Associated Factors Towards Internet Addiction Among Adults in Indonesia During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Nationwide Web-Based Study

Culture and Borderline Personality Disorder in India

Reporting with WhatsApp: Mobile Chat Applications’ Impact on Journalistic Practices

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