School of Social Development and Public Policy, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, Republic of China .
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2012 Nov;15(11):585-90. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0261. Epub 2012 Sep 24.
With greater Internet availability, the pathological use of the Internet has become an emerging mental health issue among adolescents in China. The objective of this study was to examine the associations between Internet addiction and depression in migrant children (MC) and left-behind children (LBC). The present study was conducted using a cross-sectional design with 3,254 participants (8-17-years old), which included 1143 LBC, 574 MC, and 1287 nonleft-behind rural children (RC) from 12 schools. Young's 8-item Internet Addiction Scale was used to assess Internet dependency. The Children's Depression Inventory-Short Form was used to measure child depression. The results showed that the prevalence of depression was 10.9 percent among RC, 19.7 percent among MC, and 14.3 percent among LBC. The prevalence of Internet addiction was 3.7 percent among RC, and was 6.4 percent among MC and 3.2 percent among LBC. Depression was effected by the interaction between types of children and Internet addiction. LBC with Internet addiction (odds ratio [OR], 2.780; 95 percent confidence interval [CI], 1.237-6.248), MC with Internet addiction (OR, 2.922; 95 percent CI, 1.116-7.652), and MC with no Internet addiction (OR, 2.735; 95 percent CI, 1.974-3.789) had higher risks of depression than that for RC with no-Internet addiction. The results indicated that Internet addiction might be associated with an increased risk of depression in LBC, and migration was an important risk factor for child depression.
随着互联网的普及，病理性使用互联网已成为中国青少年中一个新出现的心理健康问题。本研究旨在探讨网络成瘾与流动儿童（MC）和留守儿童（LBC）抑郁之间的关系。本研究采用横断面设计，共纳入 3254 名参与者（8-17 岁），包括 1143 名留守儿童、574 名流动儿童和 1287 名非留守儿童。采用 Young 的 8 项网络成瘾量表评估网络依赖，采用儿童抑郁量表-短式评估儿童抑郁。结果显示，留守儿童、流动儿童和非留守儿童的抑郁发生率分别为 10.9%、19.7%和 3.7%。留守儿童、流动儿童和非留守儿童的网络成瘾发生率分别为 3.7%、6.4%和 3.2%。抑郁受儿童类型和网络成瘾之间相互作用的影响。有网络成瘾的留守儿童（比值比 [OR]，2.780；95%置信区间 [CI]，1.237-6.248）、有网络成瘾的流动儿童（OR，2.922；95%CI，1.116-7.652）和无网络成瘾的流动儿童（OR，2.735；95%CI，1.974-3.789）的抑郁风险均高于无网络成瘾的非留守儿童。结果表明，网络成瘾可能与留守儿童抑郁风险增加有关，而流动是儿童抑郁的一个重要危险因素。
