Internet Addiction: The Role of Parental Care and Mental Health in Adolescence
Abstract
:1. Introduction
The Current Study
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Measures
2.2.1. Demographic Information
2.2.2. Parental Care
2.2.3. Adolescents’ Mental Health Problems
2.2.4. Internet Addiction
2.3. Procedure
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Preliminary Analysis
3.2. Testing the Measurement Model
3.3. Structural Model
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Scores for Parental Care (PBI) | Total Sample | Males | Females | t | d |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maternal Care | 25.61 (5.20) | 25.48 (5.04) | 25.76 (5.41) | 0.45 | 0.05 |
Paternal Care | 23.63 (8.15) | 24.39 (7.16) | 22.74 (9.12) | −1.65 | 0.20 |
Scores for adolescents’ mental health problems (SDQ) | |||||
Conduct problems | 3.03 (1.57) | 3.20 (1.69) | 2.83 (1.40) | −1.95 * | 0.24 |
Emotional symptoms | 3.89 (2.66) | 2.86 (2.23) | 5.10 (2.62) | 7.53 ** | 0.92 |
Peer problems | 2.76 (1.74) | 2.63 (1.64) | 2.91 (1.84) | 1.32 | 0.16 |
Hyperactivity | 4.78 (1.65) | 4.73 (1.67) | 4.83 (1.62) | 0.47 | 0.06 |
Scores for adolescents’ Internet addiction problems (IAT) | |||||
Emotional and cognitive preoccupations with the Internet and social consequences | 21.63 (7.48) | 21.69 (7.72) | 21.57 (7.22) | 0.45 | 0.02 |
Loss of control and interference with daily duties | 20.82 (6.56) | 21.21 (6.75) | 21.54 (6.29) | −1.65 | 0.05 |
Link | Direct | Indirect | Total Effect |
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H1. Maternal Care—adolescents’ Internet addiction problems | −0.08 CI = −0.24 to 0.07 | −0.16 ** CI = −0.28 to –0.08 | −0.24 ** CI = −0.38 to−0.12 |
H2. Paternal Care—adolescents’ Internet addiction problems | −0.01 CI = −0.14 to 0.01 | −0.09 ** CI = −0.17 to 0.03 | −0.11 CI = −0.23 to 0.02 |
H3: Maternal Care—adolescents’ mental health problems | −0.36 ** CI = −0.49 to −0.23 | _ | −0.36 ** CI = −0.49 to −0.23 |
H4: Paternal Care—adolescents’ mental health problems | −0.20 ** CI = −0.33 to −0.08 | _ | −0.20 ** CI = −0.33 to −0.08 |
H5: Adolescents’ mental health problems—adolescents’ Internet addiction problems | 0.45 ** CI = 0.24 to 0.63 | _ | 0.45 ** CI = 0.24 to 0.63 |
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Trumello, C.; Vismara, L.; Sechi, C.; Ricciardi, P.; Marino, V.; Babore, A. Internet Addiction: The Role of Parental Care and Mental Health in Adolescence. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 12876. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182412876
Trumello C, Vismara L, Sechi C, Ricciardi P, Marino V, Babore A. Internet Addiction: The Role of Parental Care and Mental Health in Adolescence. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(24):12876. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182412876
Chicago/Turabian StyleTrumello, Carmen, Laura Vismara, Cristina Sechi, Piera Ricciardi, Valentina Marino, and Alessandra Babore. 2021. "Internet Addiction: The Role of Parental Care and Mental Health in Adolescence" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 24: 12876. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182412876