Internet Use and Psychosomatic Symptoms among University Students: Cross-Sectional Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Measures
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Health Sciences (n = 300) | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (n = 164) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | |
Gender | ||||
Female | 255 | 84.2 | 30 | 18.1 |
Male | 48 | 15.8 | 136 | 81.9 |
Level of study | ||||
1st (Undergraduate) | 245 | 80.6 | 125 | 75.3 |
2nd (Master) | 51 | 16.8 | 40 | 24.1 |
3rd (PhD) | 8 | 2.6 | 1 | 0.6 |
Study year | ||||
1st | 128 | 42.1 | 152 | 92.1 |
2nd | 81 | 26.6 | 13 | 7.9 |
3rd | 95 | 31.3 | ||
Study type | ||||
Full time | 226 | 74.3 | 165 | 99.4 |
Part time | 78 | 25.7 | 1 | 0.6 |
Internet (Study) | Internet (Freetime) | Hours (Computer) | Hours (Phone) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Estimate | Std. | Estimate | Std. | Estimate | Std. | Estimate | Std. | |
(Intercept) | 1.378 | 0.072 | 1.490 | 0.083 | 1.323 | 0.107 | 1.784 | 0.114 |
Female | 0.099 | 0.051 | 0.435 | 0.058 | 0.868 | 0.075 | −0.056 | 0.080 |
Headache | −0.041 | 0.026 | 0.010 | 0.030 | −0.080 | 0.039 | 0.027 | 0.042 |
Stomach pain | −0.021 | 0.030 | 0.048 | 0.035 | −0.013 | 0.044 | 0.060 | 0.048 |
Back pain | 0.008 | 0.021 | −0.028 | 0.024 | 0.012 | 0.031 | −0.016 | 0.033 |
Dizzy | 0.068 | 0.034 | 0.031 | 0.039 | 0.051 | 0.050 | 0.049 | 0.054 |
Internet (Study) | Internet (Freetime) | Hours (Computer) | Hours (Phone) | |||||
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Estimate | Std. | Estimate | Std. | Estimate | Std. | Estimate | Std. | |
(Intercept) | 1.387 | 0.066 | 1.472 | 0.075 | 1.191 | 0.096 | 1.812 | 0.103 |
Gender = Female | 0.117 | 0.050 | 0.420 | 0.057 | 0.877 | 0.074 | −0.080 | 0.079 |
Miserable | −0.014 | 0.034 | 0.049 | 0.038 | −0.001 | 0.049 | −0.085 | 0.053 |
Irritable or bad mood | −0.007 | 0.033 | −0.027 | 0.037 | −0.059 | 0.048 | 0.087 | 0.052 |
Nervous | 0.012 | 0.029 | 0.055 | 0.033 | 0.071 | 0.042 | 0.054 | 0.045 |
Sleeping troubles | −0.001 | 0.024 | −0.020 | 0.027 | 0.020 | 0.035 | −0.005 | 0.038 |
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Stiglic, G.; Masterson Creber, R.; Cilar Budler, L. Internet Use and Psychosomatic Symptoms among University Students: Cross-Sectional Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 1774. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031774
Stiglic G, Masterson Creber R, Cilar Budler L. Internet Use and Psychosomatic Symptoms among University Students: Cross-Sectional Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(3):1774. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031774
Chicago/Turabian StyleStiglic, Gregor, Ruth Masterson Creber, and Leona Cilar Budler. 2022. "Internet Use and Psychosomatic Symptoms among University Students: Cross-Sectional Study" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 3: 1774. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031774