Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Malaysian Society of Internet Addiction Prevention, Malaysia.
Perspect Psychiatr Care. 2020 Oct;56(4):949-955. doi: 10.1111/ppc.12517. Epub 2020 May 3.
This cross-sectional study examined the cyber-psychological correlates of depression, anxiety, stress, and suicidality among public university students in Klang Valley, Malaysia.
Participants were randomly selected using multi-stage sampling methods from three public universities in the study location. Participants completed measures of internet and smartphone addictions, depression, anxiety, stress, and suicidality, along with sociodemographic items.
At bivariate level, both internet and smartphone addictions were found to have significant positive correlations with depression, anxiety, stress, and suicidality. At multivariate level, only internet addiction emerged as a consistent significant predictor for depression, anxiety, stress, and suicidality.
The present findings have implications for mental health professionals to routinely screen for psychological disturbance in young adults who have potential risks for internet addiction.
本横断面研究考察了马来西亚雪兰莪州公立大学学生的抑郁、焦虑、压力和自杀意念的网络心理相关因素。
采用多阶段抽样方法，从研究地点的三所公立大学中随机抽取参与者。参与者完成了互联网和智能手机成瘾、抑郁、焦虑、压力和自杀意念的测量，以及社会人口学项目。
在双变量水平上，互联网和智能手机成瘾都与抑郁、焦虑、压力和自杀意念呈显著正相关。在多变量水平上，只有互联网成瘾仍然是抑郁、焦虑、压力和自杀意念的一个显著预测因素。
本研究结果意味着心理健康专业人员应该在年轻人中常规筛查潜在互联网成瘾风险的心理障碍。
