Correlation of internet addiction with anxiety, depression and personality traits –Upper Egypt study | ||
| Sohag Medical Journal | ||
| Article 25, Volume 23, Issue 1, January 2019, Pages 142-153 PDF (507.39 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/smj.2019.41383 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Hameed Mustafa Azab1; Safeya Mahmoud Effat2; Hanan yosef Aly3; Osama Abd Alreheem Mahmoud4 | ||
| 1Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University. | ||
| 2Department of Psychiatry, faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University. | ||
| 3Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University | ||
| 4Department of Neuropsychiatry, faculty of Medicine, Sohag University. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship of Anxiety, Depression and personality traits with Internet addiction (IA) in university students. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted on a random sample of 588 students selected from four faculties in Sohag University. IA was assessed by the 20-item Young Internet Addiction Test (YIAT). Information was also collected on socio-demographics, university-related factors and Internet usage patterns. Eysenck personality questionnaire (EPQ) used for Assessment of the personality traits. Taylor’s Manifest Anxiety Scale was used as a general indicator of anxiety. Beck depression inventory was used for measuring the existence and the severity of depression. Results: Findings showed that the prevalence of problematic internet use (PIU) among the studied population was 35.2%. About 86.9% of Students with PIU significantly had anxiety also, 85.02% of Students with PIU significantly had Depression . PIU significantly had high score in Psychoticism and Neuroticism and low score in Lie and Extraversion. Conclusion: PIU prevalent disorder among undergraduate university students in Sohag. Clinicians and health professionals should be aware of the risk of PIU in students with Anxiety ,Depression and abnormal personality triats. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Internet Addiction; prevalence; depression; Anxiety and personality | ||
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