Christian-Doppler-Clinic, University Clinics for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Paracelsus Medical University, Ignaz-Harrer-Straße 79, 5020, Salzburg, Austria.
Department of Justice and Home Affairs, Research & Development, Corrections and Rehabilitation, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2024 Apr;55(2):497-509. doi: 10.1007/s10578-022-01408-6. Epub 2022 Sep 7.
Problematic internet use (PIU) is of treatment interest in adolescent clinical samples. Gender specific differences in terms of personality traits and psychopathological symptoms remain unclear. In an adolescent clinical sample (n = 104; 69 girls) PIU, psychopathology, temperament and character traits as well as emotional and behavioral problems were assessed. 62% of the sample showed subthreshold PIU and 34% full PIU (fPIU). Boys reported more gaming whereas girls social networking. Sex specific analyses revealed gender differences: Girls with fPIU scored significantly higher on internalizing/externalizing problems/behavior, novelty seeking and transcendence, and lower on persistence, self-directedness, and cooperativeness than girls without fPIU. Boys with fPIU scored significantly higher on internalizing problems and self-transcendence and lower on harm avoidance than boys without fPIU. Gender plays an important role in PIU. Gender specific differences in both application use as well as symptomatic, temperament and character traits call for a gender specific approach in prevention and treatment integration.
问题性互联网使用（PIU）是青少年临床样本中治疗的关注点。 在个性特征和精神病理症状方面，性别特异性差异仍不清楚。在一个青少年临床样本（n=104；69 名女孩）中，评估了 PIU、精神病理学、气质和性格特征以及情绪和行为问题。样本中有 62%表现出亚阈值 PIU，34%为完全 PIU（fPIU）。男孩报告更多的是游戏，而女孩则更多地使用社交网络。性别特异性分析显示出性别差异：患有 fPIU 的女孩在内外问题/行为、寻求新奇和超越、以及坚持、自我导向和合作方面的得分显著高于没有 fPIU 的女孩。患有 fPIU 的男孩在内在问题和自我超越方面的得分显著高于没有 fPIU 的男孩，而在回避伤害方面的得分则较低。性别在 PIU 中起着重要作用。在应用使用以及症状、气质和性格特征方面的性别特异性差异，呼吁在预防和治疗整合中采取性别特异性方法。
