Internet gaming disorder and problematic internet use: the links between cyber-bullying, aggression, loneliness and psychiatric comorbidities

Tuncturk, M, Karacetin, G, Ermis, C, Ciray, RO, Gercek, C, Koc, EB, Turan, S and Griffiths, MD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524, 2023. Internet gaming disorder and problematic internet use: the links between cyber-bullying, aggression, loneliness and psychiatric comorbidities. Psychiatria Danubina, 35 (3), pp. 395-406. ISSN 0353-5053

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Abstract

Aims: To compare adolescents clinically diagnosed with Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) and problematic internet use (PIU) in terms of cyberbullying, aggression, and loneliness.

Methods: Male adolescent patients (N=124, 14.3±1.7 years) with Internet Addiction Scale (IAS) scores ≥50 were clinically interviewed for IGD in utilizing DSM-5 criteria. Patients without full IGD criteria were included as PIU comparisons. Clinical variables were assessed using the second version of the Revised Cyber Bullying Inventory, short-form of the UCLA Loneliness Scale, Buss Perry Aggression Questionnaire, Child Depression Inventory, and Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders.

Results: Compared to individuals with PIU, those with IGD were significantly more likely to have attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, higher social phobia scores, higher cyberbullying scores, higher loneliness scores, been a cyberbully, and been a cyberbully victim.

Conclusion: Male adolescents with IGD have higher rates of psychiatric comorbidity, perceived loneliness, cyberbullying, and being a victim of cyberbullying than those with PIU. Future studies could evaluate these predictors of transition from PIU to IGD in large cohort samples.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Psychiatria Danubina
Creators:	Tuncturk, M., Karacetin, G., Ermis, C., Ciray, R.O., Gercek, C., Koc, E.B., Turan, S. and Griffiths, M.D.
Date:	21 October 2023
Volume:	35
Number:	3
ISSN:	0353-5053
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.24869/psyd.2023.395 DOI 1824912 Other
Rights:	© Medicinska naklada & Pro mente, Zagreb, Croatia
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Laura Ward
Date Added:	27 Oct 2023 12:35
Last Modified:	27 Oct 2023 12:35
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/50144

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