Department of Psychiatry, SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2012 Jul;15(7):373-7. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0063. Epub 2012 Jun 4.
Internet addiction has been considered to be associated with poor impulse control. The aim of this study is to compare the trait impulsivity of those suffering from Internet addiction with that of individuals suffering from pathological gambling. Twenty-seven patients diagnosed with Internet addiction (age: 24.78±4.37 years), 27 patients diagnosed with pathological gambling (age: 25.67±3.97 years), and 27 healthy controls (age: 25.33±2.79 years) were enrolled in this study. All patients were men seeking treatment. Trait impulsivity and the severity of the Internet addiction and pathological gambling were measured by the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11, the Young's Internet Addiction Test, and the South Oaks Gambling Screen, respectively. The Beck Depression Inventory and the Beck Anxiety Inventory were also administered to all subjects. Our results show that those suffering from Internet addiction showed increased levels of trait impulsivity which were comparable to those of patients diagnosed with pathological gambling. Additionally, the severity of Internet addiction was positively correlated with the level of trait impulsivity in patients with Internet addiction. These results state that Internet addiction can be conceptualized as an impulse control disorder and that trait impulsivity is a marker for vulnerability to Internet addiction.
网络成瘾被认为与冲动控制不良有关。本研究旨在比较网络成瘾患者和病理性赌博患者的特质冲动性。本研究纳入了 27 名被诊断为网络成瘾的患者（年龄：24.78±4.37 岁）、27 名被诊断为病理性赌博的患者（年龄：25.67±3.97 岁）和 27 名健康对照者（年龄：25.33±2.79 岁）。所有患者均为寻求治疗的男性。特质冲动性以及网络成瘾和病理性赌博的严重程度分别采用巴瑞特冲动量表-11、杨氏网络成瘾测试和南奥克斯赌博筛查量表进行测量。所有受试者还接受了贝克抑郁量表和贝克焦虑量表的评估。我们的结果表明，网络成瘾患者表现出更高水平的特质冲动性，与被诊断为病理性赌博的患者相当。此外，网络成瘾的严重程度与网络成瘾患者的特质冲动性水平呈正相关。这些结果表明，网络成瘾可以被概念化为一种冲动控制障碍，而特质冲动性是易患网络成瘾的标志物。
