Internet Dependency Research Articles

Resilience: A Longitudinal Study of Children with Risk Factors

Resilience: A Longitudinal Study of Children with Risk Factors This study examines the development of children who have grown up with severe early childhood stress. A distinction was made between resilient and maladapted child developments. On the one hand, the aim was to identify longitudinal protective factors that can contribute to the development of resilience. On the other hand, we cross-sectionally examined in which psychological areas resilience manifests itself. The sample consists of 343 children who were examined first in early childhood (M = 4 years) and then ten years later in adolescence. 24 % of the children belonged to the risk group of which 14 % showed a resilient and 9 % a maladapted development. An active temperament, higher intelligence, and more self-control in early childhood proved to be protective factors with medium effect sizes. The proportion of resilience was increased among migrants. Cross-sectionally we found differences with small and medium effect sizes in addictive behavior (alcohol, tobacco and drug use), internet dependency, overweight, and school grades.

Financial Literacy, Internet Dependency, and Internet Finance

Does the digital transformation of financial services make the financial system more inclusive? Utilizing the China Household Finance Survey (CHFS) data, this study explores the impact of financial literacy and the degree of Internet dependency on household financial asset allocation. The study finds that Internet finance mainly attracts investors with a lower financial sophistication, a stark contrast to my finding concerning participation in the traditional financial market. This result suggests that Internet finance can fill the funding gaps where investors traditionally face high participation costs and, thus, improve financial inclusion. Moreover, I show that one's degree of Internet dependency is positively associated with the participation in Internet finance, indicating that local Internet infrastructure can be an essential prerequisite for an economy to promote financial inclusion through the Internet finance. Meanwhile, a digital transformation of an economy may potentially result in an over-allocation of capital to risky assets, provided that Internet finance is often associated with high 'long tail' risks. My conclusion remains robust to investigating 'exclusive' participation in each financial asset class and using alternative measures of Internet dependency and financial literacy.

Danger of cyberbullying and Internet dependence of teenagers: interrelations and properties

Cyberbullying is a form of violence through bullying, harassment, bullying, humiliation, intimidation carried out using the Internet, mobile phones and other electronic devices. Cyberbullying is very common in modern society and causes significant harm to its victims, negatively affecting their mental and physical health. The purpose of this study is to identify in the Russian-speaking society the connections and properties of insecurity from cyberbullying and Internet addiction. The article shows that vulnerability to cyberbullying of adolescents is positively associated with Internet addiction and negatively with life satisfaction, while in girls it is also positively associated with stress, anxiety and depression, a craving for smoking and negatively associated with self-efficacy in affairs. Internet addiction of adolescents is positively associated with anxiety, depression and stress and negatively with self-esteem, life satisfaction and self-efficacy in business relationships, and in girls – also with self-efficacy in interpersonal relationships. Internet addiction in girls is stronger than in young men associated with insecurity from cyberbullying, with stress, with a decrease in self-efficacy in business and in interpersonal relationships, therefore, for girls, Internet addiction and insecurity from cyberbullying is more likely than for boys, is fraught with negative consequences. The connection between academic performance and Internet addiction turned out to be statistically insignificant, which differs from the conclusions of a number of foreign psychologists who found that there is a negative correlation between Internet addiction and academic performance. A negative relationship between academic performance and smoking in girls and a positive relationship between academic performance and stress in boys and girls were revealed. Craving for smoking in girls positively correlates with stress. Most of the relationships established in this study in Russian-speaking society between insecurity from cyberbullying and Internet addiction on the one hand and anxiety, depression, stress, self-esteem, self-efficacy, life satisfaction, and craving for smoking are consonant with foreign results on the corresponding relationships of cyberbullying and Internet addiction.

Relationship between internet addiction and sleep disturbance in high school students: a cross-sectional study

BackgroundThe increase in the number of Internet users has increased Internet dependence worldwide. In adolescents, this dependence may interfere with sleep, which is important for the development of psychophysiological capabilities. However, few large-scale surveys have described the relationship between Internet addiction (IA) and sleep disturbance using standardized questionnaires. We conducted a survey in one prefecture in Japan to determine the relationship between sleep disturbance and IA in adolescents based on the categories of the Young Diagnostic Questionnaire (YDQ).MethodsIn 2016, high school students (N = 10,405, age range: 15–16 years) in all 54 daytime high schools in the selected prefecture were surveyed using a self-administered questionnaire. Participants with scores > 5.5 points on the Japanese version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index were defined as having a sleep disturbance. IA was evaluated using the YDQ: Participants with five to eight YDQ items present were classified as having IA; those with three or four items present were classified as “at risk of IA”; and those with two or less YDQ items were classified as “non-IA”. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed with sleep disturbance as the dependent variable, IA as the explanatory variable, and adjustments for eight other variables.ResultsHigh YDQ scores were associated with a high prevalence of sleep disturbance in boys and girls. These findings persisted after controlling for other factors in the multiple regression model.ConclusionsAmong Japanese adolescents, there was a significant independent relationship between IA and sleep disturbance.

Brief Report: Increased Addictive Internet and Substance Use Behavior During the COVID-19 Pandemic in China.

Background and ObjectivesThe COVID‐19 pandemic and control measures may have increased the risk of abusing addictive substances as well as addictive behaviors.MethodsWe present an initial online survey in 6416 Chinese about the relation between the COVID‐19 pandemic and addictive behavior in China.ResultsDuring the COVID‐19 pandemic, 46.8% of the subjects reported increased dependence on internet use, and 16.6% had longer hours of internet use. The prevalence (4.3%) of severe internet dependence rose up to 23% than that (3.5%) before the COVID‐19 pandemic occurred, and their dependence degree rose 20 times more often than being declined (60% vs 3%). Relapses to abuse from alcohol and smoking abstinence were relatively common at 19% and 25%, respectively. Similarly, 32% of regular alcohol drinkers and 20% of regular smokers increased their usage amount during the pandemic.Conclusion and Scientific SignificanceThese three coping behaviors (internet, alcohol, and smoking) during this COVID‐19‐related crisis appear to have increased the risk for substance use disorders and internet addiction. (Am J Addict 2020;00:00–00)

A Gender Specific Survey Assessment of Internet Home-Use in Malaysia

This research consists of five categories which are: social media, online shopping, playing games, watching videos and reading blogs. In this research, a survey was conducted to assess the internet dependency among the young housewives in Klang Valley. Data collected from an online survey which was responded by 200 respondents is analysed for usage pattern and allowing the identification of the seriousness of internet addiction for segment. It is found that there are many problematic use of the technology which may impact life quality of the housewives, children under their care, and the family at large. Recommendation are made to towards a more appropriate use of the technology.

Clinical, gender and age aspects of the internet addiction

Aim. To study clinical, gender, and age-related aspects of Internet addiction.
 Methods. The study includes 400 people related to computer technology, which was divided into 4 study groups by age and gender: 100 adolescents aged 14.10.6 years was in the first group, 100 professional computer engineers aged 30.64.2 years in the second group, 100 male students at the age of 22.33.6 years in the third group and 100 women students aged 22.13.1 years. Clinical-psychopathological and experimental psychological methods were used: interviewing, using a modified Internet Addiction Test (IAT) divided into three categories of questions by conditions. In the work, we used the data of a previous study with increasing of the sample and numbers of objectives.
 Results. A study of the clinical features of Internet addiction revealed the presence of Internet-related paranoiac reactions, which was most in the second group (52.29.8), most rare in the first group (8.31.7), and equally in the third and the fourth groups (24.44.3 and 32.16.4). For the study of gender differences in Internet addiction, were included in the third and fourth groups. 48.73.6% of all included respondents preferred virtual communication to real, 46.33.1% had signs of Internet dependence on being in cyberspace, 30.82.4% there were deviations in the psycho-emotional sphere. Male was more likely to experience severe impairment of working capacity and a decrease in energy potential (45.63.8). Communication in social networks turned out to be more relevant for women (60.38.7). The study of the age-related aspect of Internet addiction was performed in the first group. It was revealed the presence of computer games addiction in 16.32.4% adolescents, addiction to the virtual communication in 48.23.9% adolescents, web surfing addiction in 10.41.7% adolescents, mixed forms of Internet addiction in 26.72.9% respondents and also correlation of Internet addiction with the level of intelligence of the adolescents.
 Conclusion. A retrospective analysis of Internet addiction developmental dynamics showed alternation various forms of this addiction and the presence of age stages.

Academic procrastination of medical students: The role of Internet addiction.

Introduction: The internet is an essential and widely used tool for college students; however, high internet dependency can have negative consequences for students, especially regarding academic careers. Such students may tend to postpone their academic tasks. Hence, the current study examines the effect of Internet addiction on academic procrastination among medical students.Methods: We applied a cross-sectional correlational research design. 233 medical students of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences were selected through convenience sampling and participated in this study. To collect the data, we used two valid and reliable questionnaires. The first was Young's Internet addiction questionnaire (IAT-20), which consists of 20 items based on a 5-point Likert-type scale. The second was Solomon and Rothblum academic procrastination questionnaire, which consists of 18 items based on a 5 point Likert-type scale. We used Pearson correlation, independent T-test, and One-Way ANOVA to analyze the data in SPSS version 22, and considered a significance level of p < 0.05.Results: Results showed that 57.1% of the respondents were females, and the remaining were males. Findings indicated that 8 (3.43%) of the participants were classified as severe internet-addicted, and 28.85% of them had a high level of academic procrastination. The results indicated that there was a positive and significant correlation between Internet addiction and academic procrastination (r=0.39, with p<0.01). Also, there was a positive correlation between academic procrastination dimensions (writing a term paper, studying for an exam, keeping up with weekly reading assignments, performing administrative tasks, attending meetings and performing academic tasks in general) and Internet addiction (r=0.22, r=0.32, r=0.21, r=0.29, r=0.33, and r=0.23, respectively, with p<0.01). Finally, the results revealed that male students and those living in the dormitory had a higher level of Internet addiction and procrastination compared to female ones and those living at home (p<0.01). Conclusion: The findings of the current research reveal that a considerable number of students have levels of Internet addiction and procrastination; the study highlights that students with high levels of Internet addiction are more likely to be at an increased risk of negative outcomes such as insufficiently controlled Internet use.

Association of Internet Addiction with Social Support, Loneliness And Stress: A Cross Sectional Study among Female College Students

Background: Internet Addictionis a significant emerging mental health condition among Indian collegestudents and cascading into a major public health concern. Internet addiction has witnessed an upsurge asa clinical phenomenon among young adults precipitated by new challenges specific to this developmentalage and owing to its complexity resulting from multiple psychosocial factors which warrants the need foreffective multi modal intervention due to high relapse rates and resistance to treatment.Aim: The present investigation was aimed to evaluate the association of Internet Addiction with socialsupport, loneliness and stress among female college students in Chandigarh.Methodology: It was a cross sectional study among 200 undergraduate female students within the agerange of 18-21 years, drawn from various colleges pertaining to Chandigarh region. Internet Addiction Test(Young, 1998) was employed as a screening instrument to identify internet dependence and other assessmenttools administered include Perceived Stress Scale, Multidimensional Perceived Social Support scale andUCLA Loneliness Scale.Results: Comparative Analysis revealed that there were significant differences between Internet Addictionand Non Internet Addiction groups of female college students in the areas of Stress, Loneliness and FamilySupport. Bivariate correlation analysis showed a positive relationship of Internet Addiction with Stress andLoneliness. However there emerged a negative correlation between Internet Addiction and Family Support.Conclusion: Our study holds heuristic value for elucidating the potential impact of low family supportand heightened stress due to plethora of reasons may increase vulnerability to Internet Addiction amongfemale college students. We can conclude that young adults with insufficient or conflictual family interactiontriggers emotional loneliness resulting in either social withdrawal or search for needed relationships inthe Internet environment. Hence, family support is an important factor in treating and preventing Internetaddiction.

Internet dependency and its predictors among faculty members

Background: Extensive use of the internet has resulted in the emergence of a phenomenon called internet dependency. Internet dependency is turning into a major global concern due to its growing prevalence. It can negatively affect different personal, familial, occupational, and social aspects of life. Objectives: This study aimed to assess internet dependency and its predictors among faculty members. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2014–2015 on 211 faculty members of Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran. Internet dependency was measured using the Internet Addiction Inventory, an instrument which consists of items on factors related to Internet use. Data analysis was performed using the Kolmogorov–Smirnov, the Chi-square, the Fisher's exact, and the Kruskal–Wallis tests as well as the Spearman's correlation and the logistic regression analysis. Results: Seventy-five participants (35.5%) were at risk for internet dependency and the rest were in normal condition. The significant predictors of internet dependency were gender, main goal of internet use, and main type of internet use. Conclusion: As more than one-third of the faculty members are at risk for internet dependency, educational interventions are needed to broaden their knowledge about the negative effects of internet overuse and to help them modify their internet use behaviors.

Clinical and psychological features of people with internet dependence: experience of a pilot study

The prevalence of Internet addiction (IA) is growing steadily, especially among the younger generation. The purpose of this multicenter study was to investigate the socio-demographic characteristics, clinical varieties, and profile of psychopathological symptoms of mental disorders in patients with IA. The study included 2 groups: the main group consisted of 44 people, aged 16 to 34 years, average age 22.00±0.66 years, 33 (75%) men, 11 (25%) women; the control group included 120 people, aged 19 to 30 years, average age 23.13±0.18 years, 90 (74.3%) men, 30 (26.7%) women. Groups were identified at the testing stage based on the total score on the Chen Internet Addiction Scale (CIAS). The main group included individuals who scored CIAS 65 points or higher. The specially developed Unified Study Card, The Mini international neuropsychiatric interview (MINI), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), the Beck Depression Questionnaire (BDI), the Prodromal Questionnaire-16 (PQ-16), the Symptom Checklist-90-Questionnaire Revised (SCL-90-R). There were more people with secondary specialized education and unemployed in the main group. The family burden of addiction and psychiatric disorders did not differ in both groups, and the heredity of somatic diseases was lower in the IA group. In the IA group, a psychiatric diagnosis was made 9 times more often. The severity of affective and anxiety disorders was higher in the IA group, while the risk of psychosis was low that allows considering the symptoms of IA outside the framework of subpsychotic mental disorders. The features of the psychopathological symptoms of IA were: total «tension» of the psychopathological profile; a relatively uniform and slightly specific profile of psychopathological symptoms with a certain tendency to the prevalence of personality-related stress manifestations.

INFLUENCE OF INTERNET DEPENDENCY ON YOUTH SELF-ACTUALIZATION

The purpose of the article is to analyze the influence of the Internet dependence of teenagers on the peculiarities of their self-actualization and to check the effectiveness of the developed program for increasing the self-actualization of such persons. The study involved 223 individuals. The following research methods were used in the work: testing (Kimberly Young Test, CAT Test and Situational Self-actualization Test), questionnaires, observations; statistical methods for carrying out qualitative and quantitative analysis of the research results (Student's criterion and Pearson criterion). Based on the data obtained, we have developed a program of psychological support for the self-actualization of youths by developing its competence in using Internet resources. The article shows that different uses of virtual space by young people affect their self-actualization in different ways; the social and psychological factors of increasing the virtual space utilization of young people have been found out. In the course of an empirical study carried out, the authors prove the statistically significant relationship that exists between the excessive capture of the personality of the youth by virtual space and its self-actualization. The analysis of the influence of various variants of use by young men of the virtual space (games, communication, information seeking) revealed a significant difference in the priority of the gaming activity of youth as a factor in the formation of Internet dependency and low self-actualization of the individual (the latter is understood by the authors as an integral individual indicator of personal growth of a person).

ХАРАКТЕР МІЖОСОБИСТІСНОЇ ВЗАЄМОДІЇ ІНТЕРНЕТ-ЗАЛЕЖНИХ ПІДЛІТКІВ

Purpose. The investigation of the Internet dependent teenagers’ interaction was aimed at verifying how the Internet dependence affects the character of Internet addicted and Internet-independent teens’ interpersonal relationships. Presupposition that the Internet-dependence in some way affects the nature of interpersonal interaction in adolescence was chosen as a conceptual hypothesis. According to empirical hypotheses, the character of interpersonal interaction of Internet addicted teens is determined with: the differences in forms and directions of personal interaction, which differ in the terms of aggression and self-control, and are predominantly dependent and subordinate for the Internet dependent teenagers; differences in the indicators of mental states manifestations (anxiety, frustration, aggressiveness, rigidity), which are higher for the Internet-dependent adolescents; the connection between the level of Internet dependence and indicators of some teenagers’ personality characteristics . Methods. The following methods were chosen for the empirical research: The Internet Addiction Test (IAT) by Kimberly Young, The Test of the Internet Dependence by S.A. Kulakov, Interpersonal Diagnosis of Personality by T. Leary, Cattell’s 16 Personality Factors Test, Method of self-assessment of mental states by H. Eysenck. Results. The study involved adolescents aged 13 to 15 in the amount of 84 students, among whom 60 were selected from the pilot sample (30 with high and 30 with low levels of Internet dependency). After checking the data for the normality of distribution, the Mann-Whitney criterion was chosen for the comparative analysis, and the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient was used for the correlation analysis. The obtained results have given the opportunity to confirm the empirical hypotheses as follows: it has been proved that the ordinary Internet users choose an altruistic style, while the Internet-dependent tend to subordinate and dependent type of interpersonal interaction; statistically significant differences between the indicators of manifestations of mental states (anxiety, frustration, aggressiveness, rigidity) have been found, and they are higher for the Internet-dependent adolescents; the correlation between the level of the Internet-dependence and indices of anxiety, impulsivity and practicality has been set up. Conclusions. These facts – the differences in forms and directions of personal interaction, differences in the indicators of mental states manifestations and the connection between the level of Internet dependence and indicators of some teenagers’ personality characteristics determine the specifics of the Internet addicted teenagers’ interpersonal interaction.

Informational hygiene as a new topical branch of hygiene of children and adolescents

There were analyzed psychogygienic problems of the impact of the informational environment on children and adolescents. Their scope and controversy are shown. There are considered such problems related with virtual reality as clip thinking, consciousness manipulating, network self-identification, Internet dependence. The possibility of the creation of a knowledge-based society is set against a change of the development of consumer society. As a basic method for adaptation of children and adolescents to permanently informational environment there is proposed the aim-oriented development of cognitive and creative abilities and also skills ofknowledge extraction form information. The delivery of psychohygienic technologies for the work with information will allow to withstand against a destroying effect of mass culture and to use resourcefully opportunities of non-linear virtual environment.

İnternet Kullanımı ve Bağımlılığı: Bangladeş'te Tıp ve Üniversite Öğrencileri Arasında Akademik ve Akademik Olmayan Amaçlı İnternet Kullanım Düzeyini Belirlemeye Yönelik Kesitsel Bir Çalışma

Introduction: The Internet is an essential component for providing current and up to date information in education. Despite the significant advantages, misuse of internet results Internet addiction (IA) disorder. The present study aims to determine the level of IA and internet behavior pattern among medical and university students of Bangladesh. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out among 379 students of Bangladesh from one private medical college and one private university of Chittagong during the study period from 2017 to 2018. “Young’s IA test (IAT)’’ was used. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 21. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, the independent t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were utilized and P&amp;lt;0.05 as significant. Results: The mean± SD of “IAT” score was 47.97±13.61. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.83. The majority (54.88%) of the participants was “mild user’’. The majority (63.39%) of the medical students was “mild user,’’ and the majority (61.60%) of the university students were “moderate user.” Statistically, a significant difference was found between “IAT” score and “Duration of internet use” of the medical and university students (p = 0.00). A significant difference was observed between age, sex, and IA. The majority (86.61%) of medical students used the internet for social networking, and the majority (71.2%) of university students used the internet for education purpose. Maximum participants use “Smartphone” and “mobile 3G” and had an email address and a social network account. Conclusion: Early detection of internet dependence could help to take appropriate steps to tackle the growing problem of IA.

Análisis factorial de un modelo de socialización y confianza en la dependencia de Internet en estudiantes de secundaria

El estudio evalúa la validez y confiabilidad de un modelo estructural restringido en el que confluyen los factores de socialización en línea, confianza y dependencia de Internet en jóvenes de secundaria. La finalidad práctica es explicar la coherencia y pertinencia de los factores que integran el modelo teórico por medio de un análisis de regresiones múltiples y de correlaciones. La muestra la constituyen 4,563 jóvenes de secundarias públicas en México. El análisis factorial reveló que los factores de socialización en línea y confianza afectan directa e indirectamente al factor de dependencia de Internet en los adolescentes, ajustándose de este modo al modelo teórico planteado. Los resultados de las pruebas de las correlaciones mostraron una validez convergente y coeficientes estructurales altos y significativos. Los resultados presentados indican que existe una dependencia de Internet en los jóvenes de secundaria que deviene de sus procesos de sociabilidad, no sólo con sus pares y familiares, sino también con personas desconocidas –como se expone en el modelo probado.

Research on Security Architecture in Mobile Cloud Computing to Prevent Adaptive Anomaly Attacks

Cloud Computing is a very viable data storage structure where the users can store and access the data from anywhere. Cloud computing use is increasing at a very rapid pace nowadays. But as cloud allows us data accessibility quite easily data security is a major concern and is an emerging area of study. Other issues related to cloud computing are data privacy and internet dependency. On the other cloud computing also has wide range of benefits over traditional storage and accessibility environment such as scalability, flexibility and resource utilization. We have worked in the area of mobile cloud computing to analyse and solve the problems of anomaly attacks. Our work focuses on preventing the adaptive anomaly attacks and some other security issues of cloud computing

中学生のインターネット依存傾向の改善における「自律的な利用」の有効性に関する調査的研究

中学生のインターネット依存傾向の改善における「自律的な利用」の有効性に関する調査的研究

Camera-based, mobile disease surveillance using Convolutional Neural Networks

Camera-based, mobile disease surveillance using Convolutional Neural Networks

THE USE OF MODERN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE MORAL AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE YOUNG GENERATION

The article deals with the problem of moral and spiritual development of personality in young people in the conditions of society’s informatization. It reveals the aspects of the personal qualities of the younger generation, which are formed under the impact of information technologies. The author gives a retrospective analysis of the scientists’ attitudes on this problem and considers the concept of «information technologies», «cyberpunk», «Internet addiction», «spiritual and moral education». The article describes the psychological regularities and peculiarities of the spiritual formation of preschool age children. It is mentioned that pre-school childhood is the initial period of personality formation, when the foundations of character, attitude towards the environment, people, to themselves, moralistic norms of behavior, important for the personal development of the quality of the psyche are formed. In the modern world, the personality of a child from an early age is in the environment of the technosphere. It is an essential part of which is information technology. It was found that, in addition to the Internet dependence of the younger generation, content cyber-threats have become widespread. It has been determined that the cultural forms of the formation of children’s spirituality in the process of education along with children’s games are computer games. Computer games and exercises should be considered as a special tool that stimulates the creative activity of children. It is revealed that the spreading of computer games has a positive and negative impact on the moral and spiritual formation of the younger generation.