Prevalence of internet addiction and its association with stressful life events and psychological symptoms among adolescent internet users

Internet addiction (IA) among adolescents is a serious public health problem around the world. However, there have been few studies that examine the association between IA and stressful life events and psychological symptoms among Chinese adolescent internet users. We examined the association betwee...

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Published in:Addictive behaviors 2014-03, Vol.39 (3), p.744-747
Main Authors: Tang, Jie, Yu, Yizhen, Du, Yukai, Ma, Ying, Zhang, Dongying, Wang, Jiaji
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Addictions
Addictive behaviors
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior
Adolescents
Anxiety
Anxiety - epidemiology
Behavior, Addictive - epidemiology
Child
China - epidemiology
Chinese
Coping
Coping style
Demography
Depression - epidemiology
Female
Health problems
Humans
Internet
Internet addiction
Interpersonal Relations
Life events
Logistic Models
Male
Mental health
Prevalence
Psychiatry
Psychological problems
Psychological symptoms
Public health
Regression analysis
Risk Factors
Schools
Self evaluation
Stress
Stress life events
Stress, Psychological - epidemiology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Symptoms
Teenagers
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