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Pathological Internet Use—An Important Comorbidity in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Prevalence and Correlation Patterns in a Naturalistic Sample of Adolescent Inpatients
Joint Authors
Fuchs, Martin
Riedl, David
Bock, Astrid
Rumpold, Gerhard
Sevecke, Kathrin
Source
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-03-29
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Few studies have examined the prevalence of problematic internet use (PIU) in young people undergoing inpatient treatment in child and adolescent psychiatry centers.
The aims of our study were thus (a) to assess the frequency of comorbid PIU in a sample of adolescent psychiatric inpatients and compare it with a control group of nonreferred adolescents and (b) to gain insights into correlations between PIU and psychiatric comorbidities.
Methods.
111 child and adolescent psychiatry inpatients (CAP-IP, mean age 15.1±1.4 years; female : male 72.4% : 27.6%) undergoing routine psychodiagnostics were screened for the presence of PIU.
The widely used Compulsive Internet Use Scale (CIUS) was chosen for this purpose.
Prevalence rates of PIU were then compared to matched nonreferred control subjects from a school sample.
Additionally, comorbidities of inpatients with PIU were compared to inpatients without PIU.
Results.
Our inpatient sample showed a much higher prevalence of PIU than that found in previous populational samples of young people.
Compared with a matched school sample, addictive internet use was 7.8 times higher and problematic internet use 3.3 times higher among our adolescent sample.
PIU was significantly associated with characteristic patterns of psychopathology, that is, suicidality, difficulties in establishing stable and consolidated identity, and peer victimization.
Conclusion.
PIU among adolescents undergoing inpatient psychiatric treatment is much more frequent than among their peers in the general population and is associated with specific patterns of psychopathology.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Fuchs, Martin& Riedl, David& Bock, Astrid& Rumpold, Gerhard& Sevecke, Kathrin. 2018. Pathological Internet Use—An Important Comorbidity in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Prevalence and Correlation Patterns in a Naturalistic Sample of Adolescent Inpatients. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1124518
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Fuchs, Martin…[et al.]. Pathological Internet Use—An Important Comorbidity in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Prevalence and Correlation Patterns in a Naturalistic Sample of Adolescent Inpatients. BioMed Research International No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1124518
American Medical Association (AMA)
Fuchs, Martin& Riedl, David& Bock, Astrid& Rumpold, Gerhard& Sevecke, Kathrin. Pathological Internet Use—An Important Comorbidity in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Prevalence and Correlation Patterns in a Naturalistic Sample of Adolescent Inpatients. BioMed Research International. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1124518
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1124518