Problematic internet use prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic

A Zarco Alpuente, R Ballester-Arnal, J Billieux… - 2021 - repositori.uji.es
The health and socio-economic challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic have led to
greater reliance on the internet to meet basic needs and responsibilities. Greater …

Online behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic and their associations with psychological factors: an international exploratory study

J Burkauskas, NA Fineberg, K Ioannidis… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
This cross-sectional study aimed to explore specific online behaviours and their association
with a range of underlying psychological and other behavioural factors during the COVID-19 …

COVID-19-related social isolation predispose to problematic internet and online video gaming use in Italy

U Volpe, L Orsolini, V Salvi, U Albert… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
COVID-19 pandemic and its related containment measures have been associated with
increased levels of stress, anxiety and depression in the general population. While the use …

Problematic internet use, anxiety, depression, and stress symptoms in adults with COVID-19 pandemic and earthquake experience: insights from Croatian online …

Z Kovačić Petrović, T Peraica, M Blažev… - … , Behavior, and Social …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
In 2020, Croatia was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and two earthquakes. As previous
research showed that Internet use (IU) increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, we …

Internet use during the COVID-19 outbreak: A resource for well-being or an amplifier of psychological distress? A study on an Italian sample

C Venuleo, C Marino, L Ferrante, S Rollo… - … Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - iris.unisalento.it
Internet usage increased globally during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examined the
role of online/offline relational resources to see whether the Internet improved well-being or …

[HTML][HTML] The COVID-19 pandemic and problematic usage of the internet: Findings from a diverse adult sample in South Africa

C Lochner, L Albertella, M Kidd, Z Kilic… - Journal of psychiatric …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) has led to increased reliance on the
internet. How problematic usage of the internet (PUI) and COVID-19 related stress and other …

[HTML][HTML] Problematic use of the Internet in low-and middle-income countries before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review

B Gjoneska, MN Potenza, J Jones, CMD Sales… - Current Opinion in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Research on problematic use of the Internet (PUI) is timely during the
pandemic.•Low-/middle-income countries (LMICs) are most populated yet least …

[HTML][HTML] Internet use during COVID-19 lockdown among young people in low-and middle-income countries: Role of psychological wellbeing

B Fernandes, B Uzun, C Aydin… - Addictive behaviors …, 2021 - Elsevier
Problematic internet use in adolescents has been shown to significantly increase over the
past few years, with COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns reinforcing this phenomena globally …

The COVID-19 pandemic, problematic internet use, post-traumatic stress and mental health

X Yang, Q Li, KK Chan, AMS Wu, M Ramos… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant loss of life and disruptions to daily activities
worldwide, which can be traumatic and have short-term and long-term effects on mental …

Being online in the time of COVID-19: Narratives from a sample of young adults and the relationship with well-being

C Venuleo, S Rollo, L Ferrante, C Marino… - … Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - iris.unisalento.it
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Internet might influence daily functioning in both positive
and negative ways. Within the conceptual framework of the semiotic cultural psycho-social …