Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.24869/psyd.2023.395

INTERNET GAMING DISORDER AND PROBLEMATIC INTERNET USE: THE LINKS BETWEEN CYBERBULLYING, AGGRESSION, LONELINESS AND PSYCHIATRIC COMORBIDITIES

Mustafa Tuncturk ; MD, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Health Sciences, Bakirkoy Prof Dr Mazhar Osman Research and Training Hospital for Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery, İstanbul, Turkey
Gul Karacetin ; Prof, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Health Sciences, Bakirkoy Prof Dr Mazhar Osman Research and Training Hospital for Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery, İstanbul, Turkey
Cagatay Ermis ; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Diyarbakir Children's Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey
R. Ogulcan Ciray ; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Mardin State Hospital, Mardin, Turkey
Cansu Gercek ; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Kars Harakani Public Hospital, Kars, Turkey
Esra Bulanik Koc ; MD, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Health Sciences, Bakirkoy Prof Dr Mazhar Osman Research and Training Hospital for Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery, İstanbul, Turkey
Serkan Turan ; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey
Mark D. Griffiths ; International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK

Abstract

Aims: To compare adolescents clinically diagnosed with Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) and problematic internet use (PIU) in
terms of cyberbullying, aggression, and loneliness.
Methods: Male adolescent patients (N=124, 14.3±1.7 years) with Internet Addiction Scale (IAS) scores ≥50 were clinically interviewed
for IGD in utilizing DSM-5 criteria. Patients without full IGD criteria were included as PIU comparisons. Clinical variables
were assessed using the second version of the Revised Cyber Bullying Inventory, short-form of the UCLA Loneliness Scale, Buss Perry
Aggression Questionnaire, Child Depression Inventory, and Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders.
Results: Compared to individuals with PIU, those with IGD were significantly more likely to have attention-deficit hyperactivity
disorder, higher social phobia scores, higher cyberbullying scores, higher loneliness scores, been a cyberbully, and been a cyberbully
victim.
Conclusion: Male adolescents with IGD have higher rates of psychiatric comorbidity, perceived loneliness, cyberbullying, and
being a victim of cyberbullying than those with PIU. Future studies could evaluate these predictors of transition from PIU to IGD in
large cohort samples.

Keywords

Internet Gaming Disorder; Problematic Internet Use; Loneliness; Aggression; Cyberbullying

Hrčak ID:

310667

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/310667

Publication date:

25.10.2023.

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