Problematic Internet use was more common in Turkish adolescents with major depressive disorders than controls
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AIM: This study compared problematic Internet use (PIU) rates in 12- to 18-year-olds with major depressive disorder (MDD) and healthy controls and explored potential links between PIU and suicide among patients with MDD. METHODS: The study sample consisted of 120 patients with MDD (62.5% girls) and 100 controls (58% girls) with a mean age of 15. Suicide ideation and suicide attempts were evaluated, and sociodemographic data were collected. In addition, the Children's Depression Inventory, Young Internet Addiction Test and Suicide Probability Scale were applied. RESULTS: The results showed that PIU rates were significantly higher in the MDD cases than the controls (p < 0.001). The analysis of covariance results showed that there was no relationship between potential suicide and the Young Internet Addiction Test score in MDD cases. However, the hopelessness subscale scores of the MDD patients with PIU were significantly higher than the scores of those without PIU. CONCLUSION: Our results show that PIU was higher in adolescents with MDD and hopelessness was more prevalent among MDD patients with PIU, but no links with potential suicide were found. As this study was a cross-sectional one, it did not allow us to infer a causality relationship between PIU and MDD.
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In patients with MDD, there is no significant difference in PIU rates between those who had and had not attempted suicide (χ2=2.35, P=0.188).
“No significant difference in PIU rates between patients with MDD who had, and had not, attempted suicide ( χ 2 2.35, P =0.188).”
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In patients with MDD, there is no relationship between suicide attempts and the YIAT score, controlling for age and sex.
“No relationship between suicide attempts and the YIAT score, controlling for age and sex”
From Social media, internet use and suicide attempts in adolescents (2019) · cites this paper as Alpaslan, 2016
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- Authors
- Alpaslan, A. H., Soylu, N., Kocak, U., & Guzel, H. I.
- Affiliations
- Afyon Kocatepe University (TR)
- Inonu University (TR)
- Department of Forensic Medicine Afyon Kocatepe University Faculty of Medicine Afyonkarahisar Turkey
- Department of Psychiatry Faculty of Medicine Afyon Kocatepe University Afyonkarahisar Turkey
- Corresponding author
- Alpaslan, Ahmet Hamdi
- Venue
- Acta Paediatrica
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2016-03-06
- Volume
- 105
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 695-700
- ISSN
- 0365-1436 (ISSN-L)
- 0803-5253
- 1651-2227
- OpenAlex
- W2259234672
- Cited by
- 26
- References
- 26
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 2
- FWCI
- 6.67
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Acta Paediatrica (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Keywords
- problematic internet use, major depressive disorder, adolescents, internet addiction, suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, hopelessness, Turkish adolescents
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Cross-Sectional Studies, Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Male, Socioeconomic Factors, Suicide, Turkey, Case-Control Studies, Internet
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