Study of the Psychological Aspect of Children with Internet Addiction | ||
| The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||
| Article 16, Volume 78, Issue 1, January 2020, Pages 115-122 PDF (440.76 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2020.68359 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Amira M Mohammed1; Mohammed Y Abd El-Hameed* 1; Islam S Mohammed2 | ||
| 1Department of Pediatric, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University (Assiut) | ||
| 2Department of Neuropsychiatric, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University (Assiut) | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Back ground: Internet addiction is defined as an impulse control disorder that does not involve the use of an intoxicating drug and is very similar to pathological gambling. Internet addiction is defined as a maladaptive use of the Internet that can lead to social and functional impairment. Objective: To determine the risk factors of internet addiction & the relation between internet addiction & the effects on the psychological aspects of the internet-addicted children. Subject and methods: This study included 80 students, 40 cases aged 6-16 years. Another 40 of matched children regarding age (6-16 years) and sex were included in the study as control group. Results: As regards the score results of the Hamilton depression rating scale: of the patient group 32.5% (n=13) showed mild depression, 50% (n=20) showed moderate depression and 17% (n=7) showed severe depression, while 100% (n=40) of the control group showed no depression symptoms. As regards the score results of the Hamilton anxiety rating scale: of the patient group 37.5% (n=15) showed mild anxiety, 60% (n=24) showed moderate anxiety and 2.5% (n=1) showed severe anxiety, while 100% (n=40) of the control group show no anxiety symptoms Conclusions: No doubt that the internet is very important in our life. Our study showed strong association between positive family history of excessive internet use and the internet addiction among children of those families. Our study showed a significant association between internet addiction and depression and anxiety. Often there was a vicious cycle of depression or anxiety resulting from internet addiction which further begets depression or anxiety | ||
| Keywords | ||
| internet addiction disorder; IAD; pathological internet use; problematic Internet use; PIU; Internet dependency | ||
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