Titre : | Potential markers for problematic Internet use: A telephone survey of 2,513 adults |
Auteurs : | E. ABOUJAOUDE ; KORAN L. M. ; N. GAMEL ; M. D. LARGE ; SERPE R. T. |
Type de document : | Périodique |
Année de publication : | 2006 |
Format : | 750-755 |
Note générale : | CNS Spectrums, 2006, 11, (10), 750-755 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | PSY (Psychopathologie / Psychopathology) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés ENQUETE ; INTERNET ; ADDICTION ; DEPENDANCE ; PATHOLOGIE ; COMPORTEMENT ; TROUBLES DU COMPORTEMENTThésaurus géographique ETATS-UNIS |
Résumé : |
Objective: The Internet has positively altered many aspects of life. However, for a subset of users, the medium may have become a consuming problem that exhibits features of impulse control disorders recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition.
Method: This is the first large-scale epidemiological study of problematic Internet use through a randomdigit-dial telephone survey of 2,513 adults in the United States. Given the lack of validated criteria, survey questions were extrapolated from established diagnostic criteria for impulse control disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and substance abuse. Four possible diagnostic criteria sets were generated. The least restrictive set required the respondent to report an unsuccessful effort to reduce Internet use or a history of remaining online longer than intended, Internet use interfering with relationships, and a preoccupation with Internet use when offline. Results: The response rate was 56.3%. Interviews averaged 11.3 minutes in duration. From 3.7% to 13% of respondents endorsed >=1 markers consistent with problematic Internet use. The least restrictive proposed diagnostic criteria set yielded a prevalence of problematic Internet use of 0.7%. Conclusion: Potential markers of problematic Internet use seem present in a sizeable proportion of adults. Future studies should delineate whether problematic Internet use constitutes a pathological behavior that meets criteria for an independent disorder, or represents a symptom of other psychopathologies. |
Domaine : | Addictions sans produit / Addictions without drug |
Refs biblio. : | 15 |
Affiliation : | Stanford University School of Medicine, Impulse Control Disorders Clinic, Stanford, CA, USA |
Centre Emetteur : | 13 OFDT |
Cote : | A03223 |
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