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Mitigating the Risks of Digital Addiction among Secondary School Students: A Cognitive-Behavioral intervention

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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Although problematic internet use has increased, adolescents' media use reflects a normative demand for information, communication, recreation, and functionality. It seems timely to include preventative efforts given the arguably worrying prevalence rates worldwide and the growing problematic use of social media and gaming. This study aimed to mitigate the risk of digital addiction among secondary school students: cognitive-behavioral intervention. A quiz-experimental, pre-post-test group design was utilized to conduct the current study in secondary governmental schools, at Benha City during the period from beginning September 2023 to end of February 2024. Subjects: A sample of convenience of 420 students recruited based on the total number of students who were present in the study settings during 2023 by using software EPI /info (version 3.3). Tools: A self-administered questionnaire was utilized for data collection. It consisted of three parts 1) Personal characteristics 2) Pattern of internet use, and 3) Digital Addiction Scale. Results: Showed that there was a decline in the severity of degree of digital addiction; about 47.6% of students had a severe degree of digital addiction pre intervention, and 38.3% of them had a severe degree after the intervention, and that there was a highly significant statistical difference among pre-post-test of in the total addiction score among students. Conclusion: Cognitive-Behavioral intervention was effective in changing addiction criteria and reducing the degree of digital addiction among students. Recommendation: Increasing awareness about digital addiction and importance of adopting healthy ways in order to mitigating the risks of digital addiction through Cognitive-Behavioral intervention to more secondary students were needed. 

DOI

10.21608/asnj.2024.304976.1861

Keywords

A Cognitive-Behavioral intervention, Digital addiction, Risks

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Asmaa

Last Name

Hassan AlAbd

MiddleName

Mohamed Ali

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Assistant Professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt

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asmaa.elabd@fnur.bu.edu.eg

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First Name

Slawa

Last Name

Marzouk

MiddleName

Ali

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Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt

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slawamarzouk@fnur.bu.edu.eg

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First Name

Soha

Last Name

Mahmoud

MiddleName

Kamel Mosbah

Affiliation

Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing, Benha University, Egypt

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sohamahmoud@fnur.bu.edu.eg

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benha

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First Name

Shimaa

Last Name

Elsayed

MiddleName

Salah

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Lecturer of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt.

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shimaasalah218@gmail.com

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benha

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First Name

Eman

Last Name

Masoed

MiddleName

Sayed

Affiliation

Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, El-Minia University, Egypt

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emanmasoed@fnur.bu.edu.eg

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El-Minia

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First Name

Fathyea

Last Name

Shams Eldin

MiddleName

Abdallah

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Lecturer of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt.

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fathya.ahmed@fnur.bu.edu.eg

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12

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45

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48834

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2024-07-01

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2024-07-16

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2024-07-01

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328

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340

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2314-8845

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2682-3799

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Original Research

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1,727

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Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal

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https://asnj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Mitigating the Risks of Digital Addiction among Secondary School Students: A Cognitive-Behavioral intervention

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24 Dec 2024