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The Relationship between Alexithymia, Anxiety, Depression, and Internet Addiction Severity in a Sample of Italian High School Students
Joint Authors
Bruno, Antonio
Scimeca, Giuseppe
Pandolfo, Gianluca
Zoccali, Rocco Antonio
Muscatello, Maria Rosaria Anna
Cava, Lucia
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-10-20
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
We aimed to assess whether Internet addiction (IA) severity was related to alexithymia scores among high school students, taking into account the role of gender differences and the possible effect of anxiety, depression, and age.
Participants in the study were 600 students (ages ranging from 13 to 22; 48.16% girls) recruited from three high schools in two cities from Southern Italy.
Participants completed a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Toronto Alexithymia Scale, the Internet Addiction Test, the Hamilton Anxiety Scale, and the Hamilton Depression Scale.
The findings of the study showed that IA scores were associated with alexithymia scores, over and above the effect of negative emotions and age.
Students with pathological levels of alexithymia reported higher scores on IA severity.
In particular, results showed that difficulty in identifying feelings was significantly associated with higher scores on IA severity.
No effect of gender was found.
Implications for clinicians were discussed.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Scimeca, Giuseppe& Bruno, Antonio& Cava, Lucia& Pandolfo, Gianluca& Muscatello, Maria Rosaria Anna& Zoccali, Rocco Antonio. 2014. The Relationship between Alexithymia, Anxiety, Depression, and Internet Addiction Severity in a Sample of Italian High School Students. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1049873
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Scimeca, Giuseppe…[et al.]. The Relationship between Alexithymia, Anxiety, Depression, and Internet Addiction Severity in a Sample of Italian High School Students. The Scientific World Journal No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1049873
American Medical Association (AMA)
Scimeca, Giuseppe& Bruno, Antonio& Cava, Lucia& Pandolfo, Gianluca& Muscatello, Maria Rosaria Anna& Zoccali, Rocco Antonio. The Relationship between Alexithymia, Anxiety, Depression, and Internet Addiction Severity in a Sample of Italian High School Students. The Scientific World Journal. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1049873
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1049873