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Problematic internet use in children and adolescents: associations with psychiatric disorders and impairment.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Problematic internet use (PIU) is an increasingly worrisome issue, as youth population studies are establishing links with internalizing and externalizing problems. There is a need for a better understanding of psychiatric diagnostic profiles associated with this issue, as well as its unique contributions to impairment. Here, we leveraged the ongoing, large-scale Child Mind Institute Healthy Brain Network, a transdiagnostic self-referred, community sample of children and adolescents (ages 5-21), to examine the associations between PIU and psychopathology, general impairment, physical health and sleep disturbances. METHODS:A total sample of 564 (190 female) participants between the ages of 7-15 (mean?=?10.80, SD?=?2.16), along with their parents/guardians, completed diagnostic interviews with clinicians, answered a wide range of self-report (SR) and parent-report (PR) questionnaires, including the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) and underwent physical testing as part of the Healthy Brain Network protocol. RESULTS:PIU was positively associated with depressive disorders (SR: aOR?=?2.43, CI: 1.22-4.74, p?=?.01; PR: aOR?=?2.56, CI: 1.31-5.05, p?=?.01), the combined presentation of ADHD (SR: aOR?=?1.91, CI: 1.14-3.22, p?=?.01; PR: n.s.), Autism Spectrum Disorder (SR: n.s.; PR: aOR?=?2.24, CI: 1.34-3.73, p?

SUBMITTER: Restrepo A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7251845 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Problematic internet use in children and adolescents: associations with psychiatric disorders and impairment.

Restrepo Anita A Scheininger Tohar T Clucas Jon J Alexander Lindsay L Salum Giovanni A GA Georgiades Kathy K Paksarian Diana D Merikangas Kathleen R KR Milham Michael P MP

BMC psychiatry 20200527 1

<h4>Background</h4>Problematic internet use (PIU) is an increasingly worrisome issue, as youth population studies are establishing links with internalizing and externalizing problems. There is a need for a better understanding of psychiatric diagnostic profiles associated with this issue, as well as its unique contributions to impairment. Here, we leveraged the ongoing, large-scale Child Mind Institute Healthy Brain Network, a transdiagnostic self-referred, community sample of children and adole ...[more]

PMID: 32456610

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Problematic internet use in children and adolescents: associations with psychiatric disorders and impairment.

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Problematic internet use in children and adolescents: associations with psychiatric disorders and impairment.

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