Factors Statistically Predicting At-Risk/Problematic Internet Use in a Sample of Young Adolescent Boys and Girls in South Korea

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Fatih Canan³  Yoon-Jung Kim⁴  Sang-Kyu Lee⁶  Daeyoung Roh⁶  Marc N. Potenza⁹ 

[1] Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling, Wethersfield, CT, United States;Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, CT, United States;Department of Psychiatry, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey;Department of Psychiatry, Chuncheon National Hospital, Chuncheon, South Korea;Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States;Mind-Neuromodulation Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Hallym University Medical Center, Chuncheon, South Korea;National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA Columbia), Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States;Neuroscience and Child Study, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States;The Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling, Wethersfield, CT, United States;

关键词: adolescent;    gender difference;    addictive behavior;    biomarkers;    exploratory behavior;    internet;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00351

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Aims: This study aimed to investigate in a gender-sensitive manner factors related to at-risk/problematic Internet use (ARPIU) in a sample of young Korean adolescents. Given prior findings, we hypothesized we would observe specific temperamental, social and biological measures that would statistically predict ARPIU in boys and girls, respectively.Method: Subjects included 653 middle-school students from Chuncheon, Korea who completed measures assessing Internet addiction, mood, temperament, and social interactions. Finger digit (2D:4D) ratios were also assessed. Chi-square and logistic regression models were conducted.Results: Among boys and girls, the ARPIU and non-ARPIU groups showed differences in temperament, mood, social tendencies, and gaming behaviors. In boys, IAT correlated inversely with the 2D:4D digit ratio and novelty-seeking and positively with reward-dependence scores when controlling for BDI scores; these relationships were not found in girls. Multivariate analyses showed that among boys, novelty-seeking, harm avoidance, self-transcendence, and daily time spent gaming statistically predicted ARPIU. Among girls, daily time spent gaming, number of best friends, self-directedness, and cooperation statistically predicted ARPIU.Conclusion: ARPIU was linked to specific temperamental, behavioral and biological characteristics, with specific relationships observed in boys and girls. Specific risk factors may exist for boys and girls with respect to their propensities to developing ARPIU, suggesting the need for gender-sensitive approaches to prevent ARPIU in youth.

【 授权许可】

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