Network Analysis of Internet Addiction Symptoms among a Clinical Sample of Japanese Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autor/inn/en	Hirota, Tomoya; McElroy, Eoin; So, Ryuhei
Titel	Network Analysis of Internet Addiction Symptoms among a Clinical Sample of Japanese Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51 (2021) 8, S.2764-2772 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hirota, Tomoya)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-020-04714-x
Schlagwörter	Network Analysis; Internet; Addictive Behavior; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Foreign Countries; Adolescents; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Antisocial Behavior; Japan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Netzplantechnik; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Ausland; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Autismus
Abstract	In the present study, we employed network analysis that conceptualizes internet addiction (IA) as a complex network of mutually influencing symptoms in 108 adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to examine the network architecture of IA symptoms and identify central/influential symptoms. Our analysis revealed that defensive and secretive behaviors and concealment of internet use were identified as central symptoms in this population, suggesting that mitigating these symptoms potentially prevent the development and/or maintenance of IA in adolescents with ASD. Providing adolescents and their caregivers with psychoeducation on the role of central symptoms above in IA can be a salient intervention. Doing so may facilitate nonconflicting conversations between them about adolescents' internet use and promote more healthy adolescents' internet use behavior. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01