Chandrima Rubaiya Matin, Kircaburun Kagan, Kabir Humyon, Riaz Baizid Khoorshid, Kuss Daria J, Griffiths Mark D, Mamun Mohammed A
Comprehensive Competency Training on Nutrition, National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, 50 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, NG1 4FQ, UK.
Addict Behav Rep. 2020 Jun 1;12:100288. doi: 10.1016/j.abrep.2020.100288. eCollection 2020 Dec.
Internet-related problems such as excessive internet use, problematic internet use (PIU), and internet addiction, are becoming increasingly studied among Bangladeshi adult students, but there has been little research among adolescents. In Bangladesh, there has been no research examining the role of parental mediation in their children's internet use. Therefore, the present structured interview study investigated Bangladeshi adolescent PIU and its associated socio-demographics, internet use behaviors, and the parental mediation role among 350 high school students residing in Dhaka. The results showed that 84 of adolescents (24.0%) were classified as having PIU (cut-off score of ≥ 50 on the Internet Addiction Test) and nine adolescents (2.6%) were classified as having a severe dependency on the internet (cut-off score of >80 on the Internet Addiction Test). According to hierarchical regression analysis, significant PIU correlates included lower academic results, both parents' lower education, mother working outside the home, more than four days' weekly internet use, more than two hours daily internet use, and active mediation. Additionally, internet use behaviors (i.e., internet use locations, devices, purposes, and applications) and parental internet mediation dimensions other than active mediation (i.e., restrictive mediation, active mediation internet safety, monitoring, and technical mediation) were significantly related to PIU in -tests and correlation analysis respectively. However, they were non-significant in the hierarchical regression analysis when included into equation altogether. The present study's findings will be helpful in developing country-level policymaking decisions and facilitating future research in the country.
诸如过度使用互联网、问题性互联网使用（PIU）和网络成瘾等与互联网相关的问题，在孟加拉国成年学生中受到的研究越来越多，但在青少年中却鲜有研究。在孟加拉国，尚未有研究探讨父母监管在子女互联网使用中的作用。因此，本结构化访谈研究调查了达卡350名高中生的孟加拉国青少年PIU及其相关的社会人口统计学特征、互联网使用行为以及父母监管的作用。结果显示，84名青少年（24.0%）被归类为有PIU（互联网成瘾测试得分≥50），9名青少年（2.6%）被归类为对互联网有严重依赖（互联网成瘾测试得分>80）。根据分层回归分析，PIU的显著相关因素包括学业成绩较低、父母双方教育程度较低、母亲在外工作、每周上网超过四天、每天上网超过两小时以及积极监管。此外，互联网使用行为（即互联网使用地点、设备、目的和应用程序）以及除积极监管外的父母互联网监管维度（即限制监管、积极监管互联网安全、监控和技术监管）分别在检验和相关性分析中与PIU显著相关。然而，当将它们全部纳入方程时，在分层回归分析中并不显著。本研究的结果将有助于制定国家层面的政策决策，并推动该国未来的研究。
