Problematic internet use in children and adolescents: associations with psychiatric disorders and impairment

Problematic internet use (PIU) is an increasingly worrisome issue, as youth population studies are establishing links with internalizing and externalizing problems. There is a need for a better understanding of psychiatric diagnostic profiles associated with this issue, as well as its unique contrib...

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Published in:BMC psychiatry 2020-05, Vol.20 (1), p.252-252, Article 252
Main Authors: Restrepo, Anita, Scheininger, Tohar, Clucas, Jon, Alexander, Lindsay, Salum, Giovanni A, Georgiades, Kathy, Paksarian, Diana, Merikangas, Kathleen R, Milham, Michael P
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Language:English
Subjects:
ADHD
Adolescent
ASD
Autism
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Behavior, Addictive
Child
Child, Preschool
Childhood mental disorders
Communications protocols
Depression
Female
Humans
Impairment
Internet
Internet addiction
Male
Pediatric
Psychological aspects
Psychopathology
Sleep
Sleep disorders
Sleep Wake Disorders
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:Problematic internet use (PIU) is an increasingly worrisome issue, as youth population studies are establishing links with internalizing and externalizing problems. There is a need for a better understanding of psychiatric diagnostic profiles associated with this issue, as well as its unique contributions to impairment. Here, we leveraged the ongoing, large-scale Child Mind Institute Healthy Brain Network, a transdiagnostic self-referred, community sample of children and adolescents (ages 5-21), to examine the associations between PIU and psychopathology, general impairment, physical health and sleep disturbances. A total sample of 564 (190 female) participants between the ages of 7-15 (mean = 10.80, SD = 2.16), along with their parents/guardians, completed diagnostic interviews with clinicians, answered a wide range of self-report (SR) and parent-report (PR) questionnaires, including the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) and underwent physical testing as part of the Healthy Brain Network protocol. PIU was positively associated with depressive disorders (SR: aOR = 2.43, CI: 1.22-4.74, p = .01; PR: aOR = 2.56, CI: 1.31-5.05, p = .01), the combined presentation of ADHD (SR: aOR = 1.91, CI: 1.14-3.22, p = .01; PR: n.s.), Autism Spectrum Disorder (SR: n.s.; PR: aOR = 2.24, CI: 1.34-3.73, p 
ISSN:1471-244X
1471-244X
DOI:10.1186/s12888-020-02640-x