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Relationship between Difficulty in Emotion Regulation and Internet Addiction in College Students

A One-Year Prospective Study

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ID15515017
AuthorsJui-Kang Tsai (0000-0003-0908-9665, Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital), Wei-Hsin Lu (0000-0002-5559-8850, Chia-Yi Christian Hospital), Ray C Hsiao (0000-0003-2351-2335, Seattle Children's Hospital), Huei‐Fan Hu (0000-0003-3891-5954, Tainan Municipal Hospital, corresponding author), Huei-Fan Hu (Department of Psychiatry, Tainan Municipal Hospital (managed by Show Chwan Medical Care Corporation), Tainan 70173, Taiwan), Cheng-Fang Yen (0000-0003-1156-4939, Kaohsiung Medical University, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume17
Issue13
Pages4766-4766
Publication date2020-07-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph17134766
PMID32630720
OpenAlexW3040006901
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited48

This prospective study evaluated the predictive effect of difficulty in emotion regulation on the occurrence and remission of Internet addiction (IA) and determined whether IA has a role in changing emotion regulation among college students during a follow-up period of 1 year. A total of 500 college students (262 women and 238 men) were recruited. In baseline and follow-up investigations, the levels of IA and difficulty in emotion regulation were evaluated using the Chen Internet Addiction Scale and the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), respectively. The results indicated that the subscale of impulse control difficulties on the DERS predicted the incidence of IA during the follow-up period of 1 year in male participants ( t = -2.875, p = 0.005), whereas no subscale on the DERS predicted the remission of IA. IA did not predict the change in difficulties in emotion regulation. The subscale of impulse control difficulties on the DERS predicted the occurrence of IA in the college students and warrants early intervention

Addiction · Impulse (physics · Intervention (counseling · Prospective cohort study · Psychiatry · Child Development and Digital Technology · Clinical Psychology · Digital Mental Health Interventions · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Medicine · Psychology · Internal Medicine

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