Burkauskas Julius, Gecaite-Stonciene Julija, Demetrovics Zsolt, Griffiths Mark D, Király Orsolya
Laboratory of Behavioral Medicine, Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Palanga, Lithuania.
Centre of Excellence in Responsible Gaming, University of Gibraltar, Gibraltar.
Curr Opin Behav Sci. 2022 Aug;46:101179. doi: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2022.101179. Epub 2022 Jun 15.
The present paper reviews recent studies on problematic Internet use (PIU) prevalence before and during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Several pre-pandemic meta-analyses reported PIU prevalence estimates ranging from 6% to 9.7%. Experts in the field of online addictions speculated that PIU would increase during the pandemic because of increased time spent on the Internet. However, it is still unclear if increased time on the Internet resulted in higher PIU prevalence estimates during the pandemic. Prevalence estimates differed greatly across studies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Possible inconsistencies are outlined together with future directions for PIU prevalence studies.
本文回顾了2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)大流行之前和期间关于问题性互联网使用(PIU)流行率的近期研究。几项大流行前的荟萃分析报告的PIU流行率估计值在6%至9.7%之间。网络成瘾领域的专家推测,由于上网时间增加,大流行期间PIU会上升。然而,上网时间增加是否导致大流行期间PIU流行率估计值更高仍不清楚。在COVID-19大流行期间,不同研究的流行率估计差异很大。本文概述了可能存在的不一致之处以及PIU流行率研究的未来方向。