Prevalenza, fatturi assoċjati u impatt ta ’solitudni u problemi interpersonali fuq id-dipendenza fuq l-internet: Studju fi studenti mediċi ta’ Chiang Mai (2017)

Asian J Psychiatr. 2017 Diċembru 28; 31: 2-7. Doi: 10.1016 / j.ajp.2017.12.017.

Simcharoen S1, Pinyopornpanish M1, Haoprom P2, Kuntawong P1, Wongpakaran N1, Wongpakaran T3.

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INTRODUZZJONI:

Dipendenza fuq l-Internet hija komuni fost studenti mediċi, u l-prevalenza hija ogħla mill-popolazzjoni ġenerali. L-identifikazzjoni u l-ħolqien ta 'soluzzjonijiet għal din il-problema huma importanti. L-għan ta 'dan l-istudju kien li jeżamina l-prevalenza u l-fatturi assoċjati, partikolarment il-problemi ta' solitudni u interpersonali fost l-istudenti mediċi ta 'Chiang Mai.

MATERJALI U METODI:

Minn 324 studenti mediċi tal-ewwel sas-sitt sena, 56.8% kien magħmul minn nisa b'età medja ta '20.88 (SD 1.8). Il-kwestjonarji kompluti kollha relatati mal-għanijiet u l-attivitajiet tal-użu tal-internet, it-Test tad-Dipendenza fuq l-Internet Żgħażagħ, l-iskala ta 'solitudni tal-UCLA, u l-Inventarju tal-Problemi Interpersonali ġew impjegati biex jidentifikaw id-dipendenza fuq l-internet.

RIŻULTATI:

In all, 36.7% of the subjects exhibited internet addiction, mostly at mild level. Amount of time used daily, loneliness and interpersonal problems were strong predictors (beta = 0.441, p < 0.05, beta = 0.219, p < 0.001 and beta = 0.203 p < 0.001, respectively), whereas age and sex were not. All objectives of using internet contributed to the variance of internet addiction score. For internet activities, only non-academic or studying contributed. The final model accounted for 42.8% of total variance of the internet addiction score.

KONKLUżJONI:

Even though most addiction was at a mild level, careful strategies should be applied to better understand the situation. Along with a screening for potential internet addiction among medical students, attention should be paid to identifying those who experience loneliness and interpersonal problems, because both are strong predictors that can be improved by a variety of appropriate intervention.

KWORDIJIET EWLENIN: Internet addiction; Interpersonal problems; Loneliness; Medical students

PMID: 29306727

DOI: 10.1016 / j.ajp.2017.12.017