Journal
ADDICTION
Volume 107, Issue 12, Pages 2210-2222Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.03946.x
Keywords
Adolescents; internet addiction; mental health; pathological internet use; risk-behaviors; school-based prevention; SEYLE
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- European Union [HEALTH-F2-2009-223091]
- Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs
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Aims To investigate the prevalence of pathological internet use (PIU) and maladaptive internet use (MIU) among adolescents in 11 European countries in relation to demographic, social factors and internet accessibility. Design Cross-sectional survey. Setting The 7th Framework European Union (EU) funded project, Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe (SEYLE), is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluating interventions for risk behaviours among adolescents in Austria, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Romania, Slovenia and Spain, with Sweden serving as the coordinating centre. Participants A total of 11?956 adolescents (female/male: 6731/5225; mean age: 14.9 +/- 0.89) recruited from randomly selected schools within the 11 study sites. Measurements Internet users were classified by gender into three categories: adaptive, maladaptive and pathological, based on their score in the Young Diagnostic Questionnaire for Internet Addiction (YDQ). Findings The overall prevalence of PIU was 4.4%; it was higher among males than females (5.2% versus 3.8%) and differed between countries (lambda 2?=?309.98; d.f.?=?20; P?
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