Previously submitted to: Journal of Medical Internet Research (no longer under consideration since Apr 26, 2021)
Date Submitted: Jan 6, 2021
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The relationship between social phobia and internet addiction in adolescents
ABSTRACT
Background:
Adolescence is a risky stage for internet addiction and social phobia. Internet addiction is a major public health problem, especially among adolescents.
Objective:
The study was conducted to determine the frequency of internet addiction and social phobia, to evaluate the relationship between them among high school students in Eskişehir.
Methods:
The study is a cross-sectional study conducted on high school students studying in Eskişehir during the 2017-2018 academic year. In the study, two stage cluster sampling method was used according to settlement units and school types. The study group consisted of 3353 students who are found in selected schools for sampling and agreed to participate in the study. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to determine the independent variables associated with social phobia and internet addiction.
Results:
In the study, the prevalence rates of internet addiction, social phobia, internet addiction and social phobia among the students was 13.8%, 8.7% and 2.7% respectively. Logistic regression analysis shows that internet addiction can be predicted by family type, tool for connecting to internet, age of first internet use, time to access the internet after waking up in the morning, total duration of internet use, self-limitation on the use of the internet and social phobia.
Conclusions:
Internet addiction and social phobia are important health problems which are found to be related to each other in adolescents. Prevention and intervention studies should be planned about social phobia and internet addiction. Clinical Trial: 80558721/G-312
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