Department of Psychological, Health and Territorial Sciences, University "G. d'Annunzio" of Chieti, Via dei Vestini, 66100 Chieti, Italy.
Department of Pedagogy, Psychology, Philosophy, University of Cagliari, 09124 Cagliari, Italy.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 7;18(24):12876. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182412876.
Internet addiction in adolescence is a social issue which is being increasingly discussed worldwide. Hence, deepening the knowledge of its development is necessary to prevent short- and long-term negative outcomes. This study involving 266 adolescents (mean age = 16.1 years, SD = 1.4) aimed at analyzing the relationship between quality of parental care, Internet addiction and adolescents' mental health, by means of the following self-report tools: the Parental Bonding Instrument, the Internet Addiction Test, and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. The findings, collected through structural equation model analyses, showed that perceived care from both father and mother had significant indirect effects on Internet addiction problems through adolescents' mental health problems. Furthermore, Internet addiction problems were demonstrated to be negatively associated with maternal care but not with paternal care. The study provides empirical support to the need of family-based prevention and intervention programs to take care of Internet addiction.
青少年网络成瘾是一个在全球范围内日益受到关注的社会问题。因此，深入了解其发展规律对于预防短期和长期的负面后果是必要的。本研究涉及 266 名青少年（平均年龄=16.1 岁，标准差=1.4），旨在通过以下自我报告工具分析父母关爱质量、网络成瘾与青少年心理健康之间的关系：父母养育方式量表、网络成瘾测试和长处与困难问卷。通过结构方程模型分析收集到的结果表明，父母双方的感知关爱均通过青少年心理健康问题对网络成瘾问题产生显著的间接影响。此外，网络成瘾问题与母亲的关爱呈负相关，而与父亲的关爱无关。本研究为基于家庭的预防和干预计划提供了实证支持，以照顾网络成瘾问题。
