作者
Yatan Pal Singh Balhara, Ana Doric, Dejan Stevanovic, Rajna Knez, Swarndeep Singh, Mita Rani Roy Chowdhury, Helin Yilmaz Kafali, Pawan Sharma, Zahir Vally, Tuong Vi Vu, Sidharth Arya, Aishita Mahendru, Ramdas Ransing, Gamze Erzin, Huynh Le Thi Cam Hong Le
发表日期
2019/10/1
期刊
Asian Journal of Psychiatry
卷号
45
页码范围
113-120
出版商
Elsevier Science BV
简介
Background and aims
Internet use has increased worldwide exponentially over the past two decades, with no up-to-date cross-country comparison of Problematic Internet Use (PIU) and its correlates available. The present study aimed to explore the pattern and correlates of PIU across different countries in the European and the Asian continent. Further, the stability of factors associated with PIU across different countries were assessed.
Materials and methods
An international, cross-sectional study with a total of 2749 participants recruited from universities/colleges of eight countries: Bangladesh, Croatia, India, Nepal, Turkey, Serbia, Vietnam, and United Arab Emirates (UAE). Participants completed the Generalized Problematic Internet Use Scale -2 (GPIUS2) assessing PIU, and the Patient Health Questionnaire Anxiety-Depression Scale (PHQ-ADS) assessing the depressive and anxiety symptoms.
Results
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