Psychiatria Danubina, Vol. 35 No. 3, 2023.
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
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Publication date:
25.10.2023.
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