Cheung, Johnson Chun-Sing, Kevin Hin-Wang Chan, Yuet-Wah Lui, Ming-Sum Tsui, and Chitat Chan. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal (2018): 1-11. Abstract This study examines the correlations of adolescents’ self-esteem, loneliness and depression with their internet use behaviors with a sample of 665 adolescents from seven secondary schools in Hong Kong. The results suggest that […]
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J Altern Complement Med. 2018 Apr 26. doi: 10.1089/acm.2017.0416. Kang KD1, Jung TW2, Park IH3, Han DH1. Abstract OBJECTIVES: Internet gaming disorder (IGD) has been suggested to be a mental health disorder. Attachment and emotional status in IGD patients are important for understanding the etiology and progression of IGD because both parameters are considered to […]
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J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2018 Feb 13. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000553. Strong C1, Lee CT2, Chao LH1, Lin CY3, Tsai MC4. Abstract OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between adolescent leisure-time Internet use and social integration in the school context and how this association affects later depressive symptoms among adolescents in Taiwan, using a large nationwide cohort study […]
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Dev Med Child Neurol. 2018 Apr 6. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.13754. Paulus FW1, Ohmann S2, von Gontard A1, Popow C2. Abstract AIM: Internet gaming disorder (IGD) is a serious disorder leading to and maintaining pertinent personal and social impairment. IGD has to be considered in view of heterogeneous and incomplete concepts. We therefore reviewed the scientific literature […]
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Addict Behav. 2018 Jul;82:86-93. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.01.027. Epub 2018 Jan 31. Mo PKH1, Chan VWY1, Chan SW1, Lau JTF2. Abstract INTRODUCTION: Internet addiction is prevalent among adolescents and is associated with various negative outcomes. Relatively few studies examined the role of emotion dysregulation and social support on Internet addiction in this population. The present examined the […]
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Ma, Cecilia MS. Applied Research in Quality of Life: 1-17. Abstract With the increased accessibility to the Internet, adolescents can access the online pornography intentionally and accidentally. The purposes of this study were (a) to examine the relationships of exposure to online pornography to subsequent psychological well-being (depression and life satisfaction) and sexual permissive attitudes […]
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Symons, Katrien, Koen Ponnet, Michel Walrave, and Wannes Heirman. New Media & Society (2018): 1461444818761869. Abstract This study offers empirical insight into adolescents’ norms around sexting. Informed by sexual scripting theory, we investigated the extent to which young people perceive sexting as being a likely behavior in the context of a romantic relationship (the “sexting […]
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Wright, Paul, and Robert S. Tokunaga. International Journal of Sexual Health just-accepted (2018): 1-37. Abstract This paper reports the results of three meta-samples investigating U.S. adults’ pornography consumption, attitudes toward teen sex, and support for teen access to birth control. Findings were based on multiple independent samples totaling more than 11,000 people. Pragmatic motivations included […]
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ront. Psychiatry, 06 March 2018 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00067 Nannan Pan1†, Yongxin Yang2†, Xin Du1, Xin Qi1, Guijin Du3, Yang Zhang1, Xiaodong Li3* and Quan Zhang1* 1Department of Radiology and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China 2Department of Psychology, Linyi Fourth People’s Hospital, Linyi, China 3Department of Radiology, Linyi People’s […]
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J Pediatr. 2018 Mar 15. pii: S0022-3476(18)30070-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.01.046. Pan PY1, Yeh CB1. Abstract OBJECTIVE: To explore the role of Internet addiction in the development of self-harm/suicidal behavior among adolescents after 1-year of follow-up. STUDY DESIGN: We conducted this 1-year, prospective cohort study of 1861 adolescents (mean age 15.93 years) attending a senior high school […]
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