Internet addiction of adolescents in China: Prevalence, predictors, and association with well-being

	Internet addiction of adolescents in China: Prevalence, predictors, and association with well-being
	Wang, Ligang1 ; Luo, Jing 1; Bai, Yu 1; Kong, Jie 2; Luo, Jing 1; Gao, Wenbin 1; Sun, Xinying 3
刊名	ADDICTION RESEARCH & THEORY
	2013
卷号	21 期号:1 页码:62-69
关键词	Internet addiction predictor prevalence well-being
ISSN号	1606-6359
通讯作者	Gao, WB (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China.
产权排序	1
英文摘要	Internet addiction is a mental health problem that affects a significant number of people worldwide. Our study attempted to investigate the prevalence of Internet addiction among Chinese adolescents and to explore the predictors of Internet addiction and its association with well-being. A total of 10,988 adolescents from nine different cities in China were surveyed using the Diagnostic Questionnaire (DQ) for Internet addiction, the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale, and the Adolescent's Satisfaction with Life Scale. The mean age of the whole sample was 17.2 years (ranging from 13 to 23 years). The prevalence rate of Internet addiction among the surveyed adolescents was 7.5%, which was influenced by gender and grade (chi(2) = 74.027, p < 0.001; chi(2) = 7.162, p < 0.05). The breadth of extracurricular activities, the age when people used Internet for the first time, and whether people used Internet for the first time in Internet bar were significant predictors of Internet addiction (beta = -0.065, p < 0.001; beta = -0.101, p < 0.001; beta = 0.545, p < 0.001). Finally, our study found evidence demonstrating the link between Internet addiction and well-being. Increased symptoms of problematic use were associated with decreased self-esteem (F = 258.344, p < 0.001), satisfaction with life (F = 232.428, p < 0.001), and increased depression (F = 607.062, p < 0.001).
学科主题	Abnormal psychology,Developmental psychology
WOS标题词	Science & Technology ; Social Sciences ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine
类目[WOS]	Substance Abuse ; Social Issues
研究领域[WOS]	Substance Abuse ; Social Issues
关键词[WOS]	TAIWANESE HIGH-SCHOOL ; PERSONALITY-TRAITS ; COLLEGE-STUDENTS ; SELF-CONTROL ; ONLINE ; USAGE ; DISORDER ; CHILDREN ; IMPACT ; ABUSE
收录类别	SSCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000312504000009
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/10729]
专题	心理研究所_健康与遗传心理学研究室
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Beijing Univ Chem Technol, North Coll, Langfang, Peoples R China 3.Peking Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Social Med & Hlth Educ, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Ligang,Luo, Jing,Bai, Yu,et al. Internet addiction of adolescents in China: Prevalence, predictors, and association with well-being[J]. ADDICTION RESEARCH & THEORY,2013,21(1):62-69.
APA	Wang, Ligang.,Luo, Jing.,Bai, Yu.,Kong, Jie.,Luo, Jing.,...&Sun, Xinying.(2013).Internet addiction of adolescents in China: Prevalence, predictors, and association with well-being.ADDICTION RESEARCH & THEORY,21(1),62-69.
MLA	Wang, Ligang,et al."Internet addiction of adolescents in China: Prevalence, predictors, and association with well-being".ADDICTION RESEARCH & THEORY 21.1(2013):62-69.