Original scientific paper

DEPRESSION, LONELINESS, ANGER BEHAVIOURS AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP STYLES IN MALE PATIENTS ADMITTED TO INTERNET ADDICTION OUTPATIENT CLINIC IN TURKEY

Ömer Şenormancı ; Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Bülent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turkey
Ramazan Konkan ; Bakirkoy Research and Training Hospital for Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery, İstanbul, Turkey
Oya Güçlü ; Bakirkoy Research and Training Hospital for Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery, İstanbul, Turkey
Güliz Şenormancı ; Zonguldak Atatürk State Hospital, Zonguldak, Turkey

Abstract

Background: ‘Internet addiction’ is excessive computer use that interferes with daily life of a person. We designed this study in
order to evaluate the predictor effect of depression, loneliness, anger and interpersonal relationship styles for internet addiction as
well as develop a model.
Subjects and methods: Forty (40) male internet addicted patients were selected from our hospital’s internet Addiction
Outpatient Clinic. During the study, the Internet Addiction Test (IAT), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the State Trait Anger
Expression Scale (STAXI), the UCLA-Loneliness Scale (UCLA-LS), and the Interpersonal Relationship Styles Scale (IRSS) were used
for the evaluation of the patients.
Results: The results of this study showed that the ‘duration of internet use’ (B=2.353, p=0.01) and STAXI ‘anger in’ subscale
(B=1.487, p=0.01) were the predictors of internet addiction.
Conclusion: When the clinicians suspect for the internet overuse, regulation of internet usage might be helpful. Psychiatric
treatments for expressing anger and therapies that focus on validation of the feelings may be useful.

Keywords

internet addiction – anger – depression – loneliness - interpersonal relationship styles

Hrčak ID:

162029

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/162029

Publication date:

3.3.2014.

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