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The Relationship between Anxiety, Depression, and Problematic Internet Use among a Sample of university students in Egypt

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Neuropsychiatric diseases

Abstract

Objective: Problematic Internet Use (PIU) is a growing problem among adolescents. This study was designed to investigate the prevalence of PIU and to explore the relationship between anxiety, depression ,and PIU among sample of Egyptian university students. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted from February 2017 to  January 2018 on a random sample of 588 students selected from four faculties in Sohag University. PIU was assessed by the 20-item Young Internet Addiction Test (YIAT). Information was also collected on demographics, family and school-related factors and Internet usage patterns. Taylor's Manifest Anxiety Scale was used as a general indicator of anxiety. Beck depression inventory was used for measuring the existence and the severity of depression. Results: Findings showed that the prevalence of PIU among the studied population was 35.2%.  About 86.9% of Students with PIU significantly had anxiety also, 85.02% of Students with PIU significantly had Depression . Depression, Availability of internet at home, Anxiety, presence of computer at home, using Internet for chatting , high monthly income , young age, Theoretical faculties , using Internet for chatting and Male gender were the most important predictors of PIU. Conclusion: PIU prevalent disorder among undergraduate university students in Egypt. Clinicians and health professionals should be aware of the risk of PIU in students with Anxiety and Depression.

DOI

10.21608/smj.2019.41384

Keywords

problematic Internet use, prevalence, depression, anxiety

Authors

First Name

Safeya

Last Name

Effat

MiddleName

Mahmoud

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University.

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City

Cairo

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First Name

Hameed

Last Name

Azab

MiddleName

Mustafa

Affiliation

Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University.

Email

hamaid_azab@med.sohag.edu.eg

City

Sohag

Orcid

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First Name

Hanan

Last Name

Aly

MiddleName

yosef

Affiliation

Department of Neurology and Psychiatry Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University

Email

hanan_youssif@med.sohag.edu.eg

City

Sohag

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First Name

Osama

Last Name

Mahmoud

MiddleName

Abd Alreheem

Affiliation

Department of Neuropsychiatry, faculty of Medicine, Sohag University.

Email

osamaabdelraheem@med.sohag.edu.eg

City

Sohag

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Volume

23

Article Issue

Issue 1

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5652

Issue Date

2019-01-01

Receive Date

2018-07-22

Publish Date

2019-01-01

Page Start

154

Page End

165

Print ISSN

1687-8353

Online ISSN

2682-4159

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https://smj.journals.ekb.eg/article_41384.html

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785

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Publication Title

Sohag Medical Journal

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https://smj.journals.ekb.eg/

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The Relationship between Anxiety, Depression, and Problematic Internet Use among a Sample of university students in Egypt

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Created At

22 Jan 2023