Internet addiction in young adults: The role of impulsivity and codependency
Excessive Internet use has demonstrated comorbidity with other psychological symptoms and psychiatric disorders, as well as impairments in the management of daily life, relationships and emotional stability. Recent findings in the literature have consistently supported the relationship between impul...
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| author | Pierluigi Diotaiuti Stefania Mancone Stefano Corrado Alfredo De Risio Elisa Cavicchiolo Laura Girelli Andrea Chirico |
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| description | Excessive Internet use has demonstrated comorbidity with other psychological symptoms and psychiatric disorders, as well as impairments in the management of daily life, relationships and emotional stability. Recent findings in the literature have consistently supported the relationship between impulsivity and Internet addiction. The present study hypothesized that, in addition to impulsivity, a further predictor of Internet addiction might be relational co-dependency, which is also associated in the literature with addiction phenomena, but mainly substance addiction. This paper investigates the role and predictive weight of impulsivity and codependency on Internet addiction on a sample of young adult university students (n = 481) by using a hierarchical regression analysis. The participants were administered the UADI-2, the BIS-11 and the SFCDS. In terms of percentage distribution, 38 % of the participants were in the dependency range, while 37.7 % demonstrated Internet abuse behavior. The results confirmed the role of impulsiveness (β = 0.312) and added to the literature by showing the significant role of relational codependency (β = 0.275), gender (β = 0.174) and age (β = 0.196). Thus, male participants were more dependent, more impulsive and more co-dependent, with increasing age in the given range (18–30). The present study shed light to the presence of this issue among young adults and that, as a preventive and restraining measure, there is a need not only for targeted awareness-raising programmes but also for interventions to promote greater emotional control and a more balanced management of personal relationships. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-67166777f4754d4eaf0cd027fc0aec502022-12-22T04:25:24ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402022-09-011310.3389/fpsyt.2022.893861893861Internet addiction in young adults: The role of impulsivity and codependencyPierluigi Diotaiuti0Stefania Mancone1Stefano Corrado2Alfredo De Risio3Elisa Cavicchiolo4Laura Girelli5Andrea Chirico6Department of Human Sciences, Society and Health, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Cassino, ItalyDepartment of Human Sciences, Society and Health, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Cassino, ItalyDepartment of Human Sciences, Society and Health, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Cassino, ItalyDepartment of Human Studies, Communication, Education, and Psychology, Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta (LUMSA), Rome, ItalyDepartment of Human, Philosophical and Educational Sciences, University of Salerno, Fisciano, ItalyDepartment of Human, Philosophical and Educational Sciences, University of Salerno, Fisciano, ItalyDepartment of Psychology of Development and Socialization Processes, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, ItalyExcessive Internet use has demonstrated comorbidity with other psychological symptoms and psychiatric disorders, as well as impairments in the management of daily life, relationships and emotional stability. Recent findings in the literature have consistently supported the relationship between impulsivity and Internet addiction. The present study hypothesized that, in addition to impulsivity, a further predictor of Internet addiction might be relational co-dependency, which is also associated in the literature with addiction phenomena, but mainly substance addiction. This paper investigates the role and predictive weight of impulsivity and codependency on Internet addiction on a sample of young adult university students (n = 481) by using a hierarchical regression analysis. The participants were administered the UADI-2, the BIS-11 and the SFCDS. In terms of percentage distribution, 38 % of the participants were in the dependency range, while 37.7 % demonstrated Internet abuse behavior. The results confirmed the role of impulsiveness (β = 0.312) and added to the literature by showing the significant role of relational codependency (β = 0.275), gender (β = 0.174) and age (β = 0.196). Thus, male participants were more dependent, more impulsive and more co-dependent, with increasing age in the given range (18–30). The present study shed light to the presence of this issue among young adults and that, as a preventive and restraining measure, there is a need not only for targeted awareness-raising programmes but also for interventions to promote greater emotional control and a more balanced management of personal relationships.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.893861/fullInternet addictionyoung adultsimpulsivitymotor impulsivityattentional impulsivitycodependency |
| spellingShingle | Pierluigi Diotaiuti Stefania Mancone Stefano Corrado Alfredo De Risio Elisa Cavicchiolo Laura Girelli Andrea Chirico Internet addiction in young adults: The role of impulsivity and codependency Frontiers in Psychiatry Internet addiction young adults impulsivity motor impulsivity attentional impulsivity codependency |
| title | Internet addiction in young adults: The role of impulsivity and codependency |
| title_full | Internet addiction in young adults: The role of impulsivity and codependency |
| title_fullStr | Internet addiction in young adults: The role of impulsivity and codependency |
| title_full_unstemmed | Internet addiction in young adults: The role of impulsivity and codependency |
| title_short | Internet addiction in young adults: The role of impulsivity and codependency |
| title_sort | internet addiction in young adults the role of impulsivity and codependency |
| topic | Internet addiction young adults impulsivity motor impulsivity attentional impulsivity codependency |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.893861/full |
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