Riskji relattivi ta 'vizzji relatati ma' l-Internet u disturbi fil-burdati fost l-istudenti tal-kulleġġ: paragun ta 'pajjiż / reġjun 7 (2018)

Saħħa Pubblika. 2018 Ottubru 19; 165: 16-25. doi: 10.1016 / j.puhe.2018.09.010.

Tang CSK1, Wu AMS2, Yan ECW3, Ko JHC4, Kwon JH5, Yogo M6, Gan YQ7, Koh YYW8.

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GĦANIJIET:

Dan l-istudju kellu l-għan li jiddetermina r-riskji relattivi ta ’dipendenza fuq l-Internet, logħob online u netwerking soċjali onlajn ta’ studenti tal-kulleġġ f'sitt pajjiżi / reġjuni Asjatiċi (Singapor, Ħong Kong [HK] / Makaw, iċ-Ċina, il-Korea t'Isfel, it-Tajwan u l-Ġappun) imqabbel ma ’studenti fl-Istati Uniti (US). Huwa esplora wkoll ir-riskji relattivi ta 'depressjoni u sintomi ta' ansjetà fost studenti b'vizzji relatati ma 'l-Internet minn dawn il-pajjiżi / reġjuni.

DISINN TA 'STUDJU:

This is a cross-sectional survey.

METODI:

Kampjun ta 'konvenjenza ta' studenti tal-kulleġġ 8067 ta 'bejn 18 u snin 30 ġie reklutat minn seba' pajjiżi / reġjuni. L-istudenti lestew stħarriġ dwar l-użu tagħhom ta 'l-Internet, logħob online u netwerking soċjali online kif ukoll il-preżenza ta' sintomi ta 'dipressjoni u ansjetà.

RIŻULTATI:

For all students, the overall prevalence rates were 8.9% for Internet use addiction, 19.0% for online gaming addiction and 33.1% for online social networking addiction. Compared with the US students, Asian students showed higher risks of online social networking addiction but displayed lower risks of online gaming addiction (with the exception of students from HK/Macau). Chinese and Japanese students also showed higher risks of Internet addiction compared with the US students. In general, addicted Asian students were at higher risks of depression than the addicted US students, especially among Asian students who were addicted to online gaming. Addicted Asian students were at lower risks of anxiety than the addicted US students, especially among Asian students who were addicted to online social networking, and addicted students from HK/Macau and Japan were more likely to have higher relative risks of depression.

KONKLUŻJONIJIET:

Hemm differenzi fil-pajjiż / reġjonali fir-riskji ta 'vizzji relatati ma' l-Internet u sintomi psikjatriċi. Huwa ssuġġerit li programmi ta 'edukazzjoni tas-saħħa speċifiċi għal kull pajjiż / reġjun rigward vizzji relatati ma' l-Internet huma meħtieġa biex jimmassimizzaw l-effiċjenza tal-prevenzjoni u l-intervent. Dawn il-programmi għandhom jippruvaw jindirizzaw mhux biss imgieba problematiċi relatati mal-Internet iżda wkoll disturbi fil-burdati fost l-istudenti tal-kulleġġ.

KWORDIJIET EWLENIN: Anxiety; Cross-country/region comparison; Depression; Internet-related addictions; Relative risk

PMID: 30347314

DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2018.09.010