https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/495190
標題: | Risk factors of internet addiction among internet users: An online questionnaire survey | 作者: | CHIA-YI WU MING-BEEN LEE Shih-Cheng Liao Chang L.-R. |
公開日期: | 2015 | 卷: | 10 | 期: | 10 | 起(迄)頁: | e0137506 | 來源出版物: | PLoS ONE | 摘要: | Backgrounds: Internet addiction (IA) has become a major public health issue worldwide and is closely linked to psychiatric disorders and suicide. The present study aimed to investigate the prevalence of IA and its associated psychosocial and psychopathological determinants among internet users across different age groups. Methods: The study was a cross-sectional survey initiated by the Taiwan Suicide Prevention Center. The participants were recruited from the general public who responded to the online questionnaire. They completed a series of self-reported measures, including Chen Internet Addiction Scale-revised (CIAS-R), Five-item Brief Symptom Rating Scale (BSRS-5), Maudsley Personality Inventory (MPI), and questions about suicide and internet use habits. Results: We enrolled 1100 respondents with a preponderance of female subjects (85.8%). Based on an optimal cutoff for CIAS-R (67/68), the prevalence rate of IA was 10.6%. People with higher scores of CIAS-R were characterized as: male, single, students, high neuroticism, life impairment due to internet use, time for internet use, online gaming, presence of psychiatric morbidity, recent suicide ideation and past suicide attempts. Multiple regression on IA showed that age, gender, neuroticism, life impairment, internet use time, and BSRS-5 score accounted for 31% of variance for CIAS-R score. Further, logistic regression showed that neuroticism, life impairment and internet use time were three main predictors for IA. Compared to those without IA, the internet addicts had higher rates of psychiatric morbidity (65.0%), suicide ideation in a week (47.0%), lifetime suicide attempts (23.1%), and suicide attempt in a year (5.1%). Conclusion: Neurotic personality traits, psychopathology, time for internet use and its subsequent life impairment were important predictors for IA. Individuals with IA may have higher rates of psychiatric morbidity and suicide risks. The findings provide important information for further investigation and prevention of IA. ? 2015 Wu et al.This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
URI: | https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/495190 | ISSN: | 1932-6203 | DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0137506 | SDG/關鍵字: | adolescent; adult; age; aged; Article; behavior disorder assessment; Chen Internet Addiction Scale revised; controlled study; cross-sectional study; female; Five item Brief Symptom Rating Scale; human; internet addiction; male; Maudsley Personality Inventory; mental disease; morbidity; neurosis; online system; personality test; psychosocial disorder; risk assessment; self report; sex difference; suicidal ideation; suicide attempt; Taiwan; Behavior, Addictive; Internet; psychology; questionnaire; risk factor; suicide; utilization; Adult; Behavior, Addictive; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Internet; Male; Risk Factors; Suicide; Surveys and Questionnaires; Taiwan |
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