Aleebrahim Forugh, Daneshvar Somayeh, Tarrahi Mohammad Javad
Department of Epidemiology, Student Research Committee, Health Faculty, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Departments of Clinical Psychology, Education and Psychology Shiraz University, Fars, Iran.
Int J Prev Med. 2022 Oct 5;13:126. doi: 10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_480_19. eCollection 2022.
The overuse and abuse of the Internet incur the risk of Internet addiction. Besides, as adolescents spend many hours on the Internet, their general health is at stake.
The present study was a descriptive cross-sectional study. The study sample included 1000 female and male high school students in Bushehr City in 2018. The students took part in this study by completing Kimberly Young's Internet Addiction Test (IAT) and Goldenberg's Mental Health Questionnaire. The frequency, mean, and standard deviation measures were also used to explain the results, and data analysis was performed using the Chi-squared tests technique, which was also used to analyze the data and to examine the relationship among mental health and Internet addiction and logistical regression.
According to the results of the prevalence of Internet addiction it was found that 1.1% (10 individuals) were Internet-addicted and 33.1% (299 individuals) were at the risk of Internet addiction. The findings of this study indicated that four different areas of mental health including physical condition, anxiety, depression, and social functioning have a direct relationship with Internet addiction ( < 0.05).
In the present study, a large percentage of the students were prone to Internet addiction. Hence, it is necessary to plan and perform preventive, controlling, and interventional measures for high school students.
互联网的过度使用和滥用会带来网络成瘾的风险。此外,由于青少年在互联网上花费大量时间,他们的总体健康也受到威胁。
本研究为描述性横断面研究。研究样本包括2018年布什尔市1000名男女高中生。学生们通过完成金伯利·杨的网络成瘾测试(IAT)和戈德堡的心理健康问卷参与本研究。还使用频率、均值和标准差测量来解释结果,并使用卡方检验技术进行数据分析,该技术也用于分析数据以及检验心理健康与网络成瘾之间的关系和逻辑回归。
根据网络成瘾患病率的结果发现,1.1%(10人)有网络成瘾问题,33.1%(299人)有网络成瘾风险。本研究结果表明,心理健康的四个不同领域,包括身体状况、焦虑、抑郁和社会功能,与网络成瘾有直接关系(<0.05)。
在本研究中,很大一部分学生容易网络成瘾。因此,有必要为高中生制定并实施预防、控制和干预措施。