Duration of Internet use and adverse psychosocial effects among European adolescents

  1. Secades Villa, Roberto 1
  2. Calafat Far, Amador
  3. Fernández Hermida, José Ramón 1
  4. Juan Jerez, Montserrat
  5. Duch Moyá, Maria Angels
  6. Skärstrand, Eva
  7. Becoña Iglesias, Elisardo
  8. Talic, Sanela
  1. 1 Universidad de Oviedo
    info

    Universidad de Oviedo

    Oviedo, España

    ROR https://ror.org/006gksa02

Revista:
Adicciones: Revista de socidrogalcohol

ISSN: 0214-4840

Año de publicación: 2014

Volumen: 26

Número: 3

Páginas: 247-253

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.20882/ADICCIONES.6 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Adicciones: Revista de socidrogalcohol

Resumen

A pesar de las importantes contribuciones de los estudios realizados sobre la prevalencia del uso problemático de Internet (PIU) entre los adolescentes europeos, sigue existiendo dudas importantes con respecto a las consecuencias adversas del PIU. El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar la relación entre la duración del uso de Internet y los efectos psicosociales adversos en adolescentes de seis países europeos. La muestra final estuvo compuesta por 7.351 adolescentes (50,8 % varones y 49,2 % mujeres, edad media: 14,6 años ± 1,90) reclutados en escuelas seleccionadas al azar dentro de los seis países del estudio. Los resultados mostraron que el 12,9% de los adolescentes utilizaba Internet más de 20 horas a la semana. Se encontró una relación estadísticamente significativa entre la duración del uso de Internet y la frecuencia de uso de alcohol, tabaco, cannabis y otras drogas ilegales. La duración del uso de Internet también se asoció significativamente con problemas escolares, con el uso de las máquinas tragaperras y con otros problemas psicosociales. Estos resultados ponen de relieve la necesidad de fortalecer los esfuerzos en prevención para reducir el uso problemático de Internet y las consecuencias relacionadas entre los adolescentes.

Referencias bibliográficas

  • Aboujaoude, E. (2010). Problematic Internet use: an overview. World Psychiatry, 9, 85-90.
  • Cao, F., & Su, L. (2007). Internet addiction among Chinese adolescents: prevalence and psychological features. Child Care Health Development, 33, 275-281. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2006.00715.x
  • Cao, H., Sun, Y., Wan, Y., Hao, J., & Tao, F. (2011). Problematic Internet use in Chinese adolescents and its relation to psychosomatic symptoms and life satisfaction. BMC Public Health, 11, 802. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-802
  • Carballo, J. L., Perez-Jover, M. V., Espada, J. P., Orgiles, M., & Piqueras, J. A. (2012). Psychometric properties of a Multidimensional Scale of Social Expression to assess social skills in the Internet context. Psicothema, 24, 121-126.
  • Carli, V., Durkee, T., Wasserman, D., Hadlaczky, G., Despalins, R., Kramarz, E., . . . Kaess, M. (2011). The association between pathological internet use and comorbid psychopathology: a systematic review. Psychopathology, 46, 1-13.
  • Ceyhan, A. A., & Ceyhan, E. (2008). Loneliness, depression, and computer self-efficacy as predictors of problematic internet use. Cyberpsychology and Behavior, 11, 699-701. doi: 10.1089/cpb.2007.0255
  • Durkee, T., Kaess, M., Carli, V., Parzer, P., Wasserman, C., Floderus, B., . . . Wasserman, D. (2012). Prevalence of pathological internet use among adolescents in Europe: demographic and social factors. Addiction, 107, 2210-2222.
  • Fisoun, V., Floros, G., Siomos, K., Geroukalis, D., & Navridis, K. (2012). Internet addiction as an important predictor in early detection of adolescent drug use experience-implications for research and practice. Journal of Addiction Medicine, 6, 77-84.
  • Flisher, C. (2010). Getting plugged in: an overview of internet addiction. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 46, 557-559.
  • Gámez-Guadix, M., Orue, I., & Calvete, E. (2013). Evaluation of the cognitive-behavioral model of generalized and problematic Internet use in Spanish adolescents. Psicothema, 25, 299-306.
  • Ghassemzadeh, L., Shahraray, M., & Moradi, A. (2008). Prevalence of internet addiction and comparison of internet addicts and non-addicts in Iranian high schools. Cyberpsychology and Behavior, 11, 731-733. doi: 10.1089/cpb.2007.0243
  • Gómez Salgado, P., Rial Boubeta, A., Braña Tobío, T., & Varela Mallou, J. (2014). Evaluation and early detection of problematic Internet use in adolescents. Psicothema, 26, 21-26.
  • Griffiths, M., & Wood, R. T. (2000). Risk factors in adolescence: the case of gambling, videogame playing, and the internet. Journal of Gambling Studies, 16, 199-225.
  • Grohol, J. M. (1999). Too much time online: internet addiction or healthy social interactions? Cyberpsychology and Behavior, 2, 395-401.
  • Holden, C. (2001). ‘Behavioral’ addictions: do they exist? Science, 294, 980-982.
  • Jenaro, C., Flores, N., Gómez-Vela, M., González-Gil, F., & Caballo, C. (2007). Problematic internet and cell-phone use: Psychological, behavioral, and health correlates. Addiction Research and Theory, 15, 309-320. doi: 10.1080/16066350701350247
  • Johansson, A., & Gotestam, K. G. (2004). Internet addiction: characteristics of a questionnaire and prevalence in Norwegian youth (12-18 years). Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 45, 223-229. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2004.00398.x
  • Kim, J. (2012). The nonlinear association between Internet using time for non-educational purposes and adolescent health. Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 45, 37-46.
  • Kim, K., Ryu, E., Chon, M. Y., Yeun, E. J., Choi, S. Y., Seo, J. S., & Nam, B. W. (2006). Internet addiction in Korean adolescents and its relation to depression and suicidal ideation: a questionnaire survey. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 43, 185-192. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2005.02.005
  • Kim, Y., Park, J. Y., Kim, S. B., Jung, I. K., Lim, Y. S., & Kim, J. H. (2010). The effects of Internet addiction on the lifestyle and dietary behavior of Korean adolescents. Nutrition research and practice, 4, 51-57.
  • Ko, C. H., Yen, J. Y., Chen, C. S., Chen, C. C., & Yen, C. F. (2008). Psychiatric comorbidity of internet addiction in college students: an interview study. CNS Spectrums, 13, 147-153.
  • Ko, C. H., Yen, J. Y., Chen, C. S., Yeh, Y. C., & Yen, C. F. (2009). Predictive values of psychiatric symptoms for internet addiction in adolescents: a 2-year prospective study. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 163, 937-943.
  • Ko, C. H., Yen, J. Y., Yen, C. F., Chen, C. S., Weng, C. C., & Chen, C. C. (2008). The association between Internet addiction and problematic alcohol use in adolescents: the problem behavior model. Cyberpsychology and Behavior, 11, 571-576. doi: 10.1089/cpb.2008.0199
  • Kormas, G., Critselis, E., Janikian, M., Kafetzis, D., & Tsitsika, A. (2011). Risk factors and psychosocial characteristics of potential problematic and problematic internet use among adolescents: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health, 11, 595. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-595
  • Lam, L. T., Peng, Z. W., Mai, J. C., & Jing, J. (2009). Factors associated with Internet addiction among adolescents. Cyberpsychology and Behavior, 12, 551-555.
  • Liu, T. C., Desai, R. A., Krishnan-Sarin, S., Cavallo, D. A., & Potenza, M. N. (2011). Problematic Internet use and health in adolescents: data from a high school survey in Connecticut. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 72, 836-845. doi: 10.4088/JCP.10m06057
  • Morrison, C. M., & Gore, H. (2012). The relationship between excessive Internet use and depression: a questionnaire-based study of 1,319 young people and adults. Psychopatology, 43, 121-126.
  • Niemz, K., Griffiths, M., & Banyard, P. (2005). Prevalence of pathological Internet use among university students and correlations with self-esteem, the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), and disinhibition. Cyberpsychology and Behavior, 8, 562-570.
  • Pallanti, S., Bernardi, S., & Quercioli, L. (2006). The Shorter PROMIS Questionnaire and the Internet Addiction Scale in the assessment of multiple addictions in a high-school population: prevalence and related disability. CNS Spectrums, 11, 966-974.
  • Park, S. K., Kim, J. Y., & Cho, C. B. (2008). Prevalence of Internet addiction and correlations with family factors among South Korean adolescents. Adolescence, 43, 895-909.
  • Pawlikowski, M., Nader, I. W., Burger, C., Stieger, S., & Brand, M. (2014). Pathological Internet use – It is a multidimensional and not a unidimensional construct. Addiction Research and Theory, 22, 166-175. doi: 10.3109/16066359.2013.793313.
  • Puerta-Cortés, D. X., & Carbonell, X. (2014). The model of the big five personality factors and problematic Internet use in Colombian youth. Adicciones, 26, 54-61.
  • Sasmaz, T., Oner, S., Kurt, A. O., Yapici, G., Yazici, A. E., Bugdayci, R., & Sis, M. (2014). Prevalence and risk factors of Internet addiction in high school students. European Journal of Public Health, 24, 15-20. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckt051
  • Seo, M., Kang, H. S., & Yom, Y. H. (2009). Internet addiction and interpersonal problems in korean adolescents. Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 27, 226-233.
  • Siomos, K. E., Dafouli, E. D., Braimiotis, D. A., Mouzas, O. D., & Angelopoulos, N. V. (2008). Internet addiction among Greek adolescent students. Cyberpsychology and Behavior, 11, 653-657. doi: 10.1089/cpb.2008.0088
  • Tsitsika, A., Critselis, E., Janikian, M., Kormas, G., & Kafetzis, D. A. (2011). Association between internet gambling and problematic internet use among adolescents. Journal of Gambling Studies, 27, 389-400. doi: 10.1007/s10899-010-9223-z
  • van den Eijnden, R. J., Spijkerman, R., Vermulst, A. A., van Rooij, T. J., & Engels, R. C. (2010). Compulsive Internet Use Among Adolescents: Bidirectional Parent–Child Relationships. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 38, 77-89.
  • Xiuqin, H., Huimin, Z., Mengchen, L., Jinan, W., Ying, Z., & Ran, T. (2010). Mental health, personality, and parental rearing styles of adolescents with Internet addiction disorder. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 13, 401-406.
  • Yen, C. F., Ko, C. H., Yen, J. Y., Chang, Y. P., & Cheng, C. P. (2009). Multi-dimensional discriminative factors for Internet addiction among adolescents regarding gender and age. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 63, 357-364.
  • Yoo, H. J., Cho, S. C., Ha, J., Yune, S. K., Kim, S. J., Hwang, J., . . . Lyoo, I. K. (2004). Attention deficit hyperactivity symptoms and internet addiction. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 58, 487-494. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2004.01290.x
Fuente de los datos: Dialnet