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Internet addiction in students from an educational institution in Southern Brazil: prevalence and associated factors.
de Ávila, Gisele Bartz; Dos Santos, Érico Nobre; Jansen, Karen; Barros, Fernando Celso.
Afiliação
  • de Ávila GB; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Comportamento, Universidade Católica de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil.
  • Dos Santos ÉN; Instituto Federal de Educação Tecnológica do Rio Grande do Sul, Pelotas, RS, Brazil.
  • Jansen K; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Comportamento, Universidade Católica de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil.
  • Barros FC; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Comportamento, Universidade Católica de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil.
Trends Psychiatry Psychother ; 42(4): 302-310, 2020.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32520170
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence of Internet addiction (IA) and its associated factors among students at an Educational Institution in Southern Brazil. METHOD: This is a cross-sectional study, targeting a sample of students aged from 14 to 20 years. They were selected by random sampling to be representative of the 4038 students enrolled at the institute at the time. IA was assessed using the Internet Addiction Test (IAT). Screening for anxiety and/or depressive disorders was performed using the Well-Being Index (WHO-5). RESULTS: The prevalence of IA was 50.8% and the rate was higher among individuals who had screened positive for depressive or anxiety disorders than among those who had not (p = 0.003). There was an association between IA and access to certain types of content, such as gaming (p = 0.010), work and study related content (p = 0.030), and using the internet to access sexual content (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Further studies are needed to confirm the high prevalence of IA and explore factors associated with it in samples with similar characteristics to ours. The associations between this dependency and positive screening for anxiety and/or depressive disorders and the types of content accessed are an alert to the existence of these important relationships and illustrate the importance of studying them further. Knowledge about these associations provides an opportunity to implement measures for prevention, such as psychoeducation, and to offer adequate treatment.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Transtornos de Ansiedade / Estudantes / Transtorno Depressivo / Transtorno de Adição à Internet Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Female / Humans / Male País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Trends Psychiatry Psychother Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Brasil
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Transtornos de Ansiedade / Estudantes / Transtorno Depressivo / Transtorno de Adição à Internet Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Female / Humans / Male País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Trends Psychiatry Psychother Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Brasil