CMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry, Lahore Cantt, Pakistan.
Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan.
Psychiatry Res. 2016 Sep 30;243:463-8. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.07.021. Epub 2016 Jul 11.
The present study was designed to analyze association between problematic internet use and use of ego defense mechanisms in medical students. This cross-sectional study was undertaken at CMH Lahore Medical College (CMH LMC) in Lahore, Pakistan from 1st March, 2015 to 30th May, 2015. 522 medical and dental students were included in the study. The questionnaire consisted of three sections: a) demographic characteristics of respondent b) the Defense Style Questionnaire-40 (DSQ-40) and c) the Internet Addiction Test (IAT). All data were analyzed in SPSS v20. Chi square, Independent sample t test and One Way ANOVA were run to analyze association of different variables with scores on IAT. Multiple regression analysis was used to delineate ego defenses as predictors of problematic internet use. A total of 32 (6.1%) students reported severe problems with internet usage. Males had higher scores on IAT i.e had more problematic use of internet. Scores on internet addiction test (IAT) were negatively associated with sublimation and positively associated with projection, denial, autistic fantasy, passive aggression and displacement. There was a high prevalence of problematic use of internet among medical and dental students. It had significant associations with several defense mechanisms.
本研究旨在分析医学生网络成瘾与自我防御机制使用之间的关系。本横断面研究于 2015 年 3 月 1 日至 5 月 30 日在巴基斯坦拉合尔 CMH 医学院（CMH LMC）进行。共纳入 522 名医学生和牙科学员。问卷包括三个部分：a）受访者的人口统计学特征；b）防御方式问卷-40（DSQ-40）；c）网络成瘾测试（IAT）。所有数据均使用 SPSS v20 进行分析。使用卡方检验、独立样本 t 检验和单因素方差分析来分析不同变量与 IAT 得分的关联。使用多元回归分析来描绘自我防御机制作为网络成瘾的预测因子。共有 32 名（6.1%）学生报告存在严重的网络使用问题。男性的 IAT 得分较高，即网络成瘾问题更为严重。网络成瘾测试（IAT）得分与升华呈负相关，与投射、否认、自闭症幻想、被动攻击和转移呈正相关。医学生和牙科学员中存在较高比例的网络成瘾问题。它与几种防御机制显著相关。
