Internet addiction and its relationship with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms, anxiety and stress among university students in Malaysia

There is growing evidence on the contribution of psychological factors to internet addiction; yet it remains inconsistent and deserves further exploration. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the psychological symptoms (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symp...

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Published in:PloS one 2023-07, Vol.18 (7), p.e0283862-e0283862
Main Authors: Zakaria, Hazli, Hussain, Imran, Zulkifli, Nor Sa'adah, Ibrahim, Norazimah, Noriza, Nuri Jailina, Wong, Michelle, Nik Jaafar, Nik Ruzyanei, Mohd Salleh Sahimi, Hajar, Abd Latif, Muhammad Hanif
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic achievement
Addictions
Anxiety
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Biology and Life Sciences
Causes of
College students
Complications
Complications and side effects
Computer and Information Sciences
Diagnosis
Health risks
Hyperactivity
Internet
Loneliness
Medical students
Medicine and Health Sciences
Mental depression
Obesity
Pandemics
Pathological Internet Use
Psychological aspects
Psychological factors
Questionnaires
Random sampling
Sampling methods
Secondary school students
Social Sciences
Sociodemographics
Statistical sampling
Students
University students
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Summary:There is growing evidence on the contribution of psychological factors to internet addiction; yet it remains inconsistent and deserves further exploration. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the psychological symptoms (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms, stress, depression, anxiety and loneliness) and internet addiction (IA) among the university students in Malaysia. A total of 480 students from different faculties in a Malaysian public university participated in this study. They were selected by simple random sampling method. They completed self-administered questionnaires including the Malay Version of Internet Addiction Test (MVIAT)) to measure internet addiction and Adult Self-Report Scale (ASRS) Symptom Checklist, Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) and UCLA Loneliness Scale (Version 3) to assess for ADHD symptoms, depression, anxiety, stress, and loneliness respectively. The prevalence of IA among university students was 33.33% (n = 160). The respondents' mean age was 21.01 ± 1.29 years old and they were predominantly females (73.1%) and Malays (59.4%). Binary logistic regression showed that gender (p = 0.002; OR = 0.463, CI = 0.284-0.754), ADHD inattention (p = 0.003; OR = 2.063, CI = 1.273-3.345), ADHD hyperactivity (p
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0283862