Effects of Internet and Smartphone Addictions on Depression and Anxiety Based on Propensity Score Matching Analysis
Kim YJ, Jang HM, Lee Y, Lee D, Kim DJ
International journal of environmental research and public health · 58 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Cross-sectional study (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- Government
- National Research Foundation
- Government
- National Research Foundation of Korea
- Grants
- National Research Foundation of Korea (2014M3C7A1062896); National Research Foundation of Korea (2014M3C7A1062894)
Based on 2 listed funder(s) and full-text disclosure statement.
Publication
- Published
- 2018-04-25 · Int J Environ Res Public Health · vol. 15 · issue 5 · p. 859
- Publisher
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
- Cited
- 143 citations · more than 100% of similar papers · 30.8× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 42 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Digital Marketing and Social Media · Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
- Keywords
- internet addiction, smartphone addiction, depression, anxiety, mental health, smartphone overuse, addictive behavior, sociodemographic factors
- MeSH
- humans, risk, cross-sectional studies, depression, behavior, addictive, anxiety, mental health, internet, adult, middle aged, female, male, young adult, republic of korea, propensity score, smartphone, surveys and questionnaires
5 authors
From KR
- Yeon-Jin KimSeoul National University; SNUH SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center
- Hye Min JangEwha Womans University
- Youngjo LeeSeoul National University
- Donghwan Lee · correspondingEwha Womans University
- Dai‐Jin Kim · correspondingThe Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary's Hospital; Catholic University of Korea
Abstract
The associations of Internet addiction (IA) and smartphone addiction (SA) with mental health problems have been widely studied. We investigated the effects of IA and SA on depression and anxiety while adjusting for sociodemographic variables. In this study, 4854 participants completed a cross-sectional web-based survey including socio-demographic items, the Korean Scale for Internet Addiction, the Smartphone Addiction Proneness Scale, and the subscales of the Symptom Checklist 90 Items-Revised. The participants were classified into IA, SA, and normal use (NU) groups. To reduce sampling bias, we applied the propensity score matching method based on genetics matching. The IA group showed an increased risk of depression (relative risk 1.207; p p p p < 0.001) compared to NCs. These findings show that both, IA and SA, exerted significant effects on depression and anxiety. Moreover, our findings showed that SA has a stronger relationship with depression and anxiety, stronger than IA, and emphasized the need for prevention and management policy of the excessive smartphone use.
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