The Development of Compulsive Internet Use and Mental Health: A Four-Year Study of Adolescence

Autor/inn/en	Ciarrochi, Joseph; Parker, Philip; Sahdra, Baljinder; Marshall, Sarah; Jackson, Chris; Gloster, Andrew T.; Heaven, Patrick
Titel	The Development of Compulsive Internet Use and Mental Health: A Four-Year Study of Adolescence
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 52 (2016) 2, S.272-283 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0000070
Schlagwörter	Internet; Computer Use; Mental Health; Adolescents; Antisocial Behavior; Longitudinal Studies; Adolescent Development; Grade 8; Structural Equation Models; Gender Differences; Foreign Countries; Secondary School Students; Statistical Analysis; Grade 10; Grade 11; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychohygiene; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Statistische Analyse; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; Australien
Abstract	Is compulsive Internet use (CIU) an antecedent to poor mental health, a consequence, or both? Study 1 used a longitudinal design to track the development of CIU and mental health in Grade 8 (N = 1,030 males, 1,038 females, M[subscript age] = 13.7), 9, 10, and 11. Study 2 extended Study 1 by examining the kinds of Internet behaviors most strongly associated with CIU within males and females. Structural equation modeling revealed that CIU predicted the development of poor mental health, whereas poor mental health did not predict CIU development. Latent growth analyses showed that both females and males increased in CIU and mental health problems across the high school years. Females had higher CIU and worse mental health than males, and tended to engage in more social forms of Internet use. We discuss future directions for CIU intervention research. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01