[The relationship of internet addiction with anxiety and depressive symptomatology].

[The relationship of internet addiction with anxiety and depressive symptomatology]. Psychiatriki. 2018 Apr-Jun;29(2):160-171 Authors: Soulioti E, Stavropoulos V, Christidi S, Papastefanou Y, Roussos P Abstract Internet stimulates the user's senses causing a variety of subjective experiences and sensations, even though it has no inherent addictive quality. These experiences could be positive, as the improvement of education, or adverse, as the development of internet addiction. There are many people who prefer to invest their time and energy in the virtual world of the internet. They choose to withdraw their emotional investments from face to face communication, while in some cases the internet connection signifies the user's disconnection from the real life, as the person is isolated from the surrounding and lives in a virtual environment. Under these conditions the excessive use of internet may lead to addiction. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between internet addiction and anxiety and depressive symptomatology of the user. Participants were 203 internet users aged between 17 and 58 years (Mean=26.03, SD=7.92) who approached the Department For Problematic Use Of Internet, Addiction Unit "18ANO" in Psychiatric Hospital Of Attica to receive specialized help for their pathological internet use. Internet Addiction Test (IAT) was used for the assessment of internet addiction and Symptom Checklist- 9...
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