The association between parental depression and adolescent’s Internet addiction in South Korea
Abstract Background A number of risk factors for Internet addiction among adolescents have been identified to be associated with their behavior, familial, and parental factors. However, few studies have focused on the relationship between parental mental health and Internet addiction among adolescen...
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doaj-abfdd6a7040e49a187159ccda475b9ca2020-11-25T01:03:50ZengBMCAnnals of General Psychiatry1744-859X2018-05-011711710.1186/s12991-018-0187-1The association between parental depression and adolescent’s Internet addiction in South KoreaDong-Woo Choi0Sung-Youn Chun1Sang Ah Lee2Kyu-Tae Han3Eun-Cheol Park4Department of Public Health, Graduate School, Yonsei UniversityDepartment of Public Health, Graduate School, Yonsei UniversityDepartment of Public Health, Graduate School, Yonsei UniversityDepartment of Policy Research Affairs, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan HospitalInstitute of Health Services Research, Yonsei UniversityAbstract Background A number of risk factors for Internet addiction among adolescents have been identified to be associated with their behavior, familial, and parental factors. However, few studies have focused on the relationship between parental mental health and Internet addiction among adolescents. Therefore, we investigated the association between parental mental health and children’s Internet addiction by controlling for several risk factors. Methods This study used panel data collected by the Korea Welfare Panel Study in 2012 and 2015. We focused primarily on the association between Internet addiction which was assessed by the Internet Addiction Scale (IAS) and parental depression which was measured with the 11-item version of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. To analyze the association between parental depression and log-transformed IAS, we conducted multiple regression analysis after adjusting for covariates. Results Among 587 children, depressed mothers and fathers comprised 4.75 and 4.19%, respectively. The mean IAS score of the adolescents was 23.62 ± 4.38. Only maternal depression (β = 0.0960, p = 0.0033) showed higher IAS among children compared to nonmaternal depression. Strongly positive associations between parental depression and children’s Internet addiction were observed for high maternal education level, adolescents’ gender, and adolescent’s academic performance. Conclusions Maternal depression is related to children’s Internet addiction; particularly, mothers who had graduated from the university level or above, male children, and children’s normal or better academic performance show the strongest relationship with children’s Internet addiction.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12991-018-0187-1Maternal depressionInternet addictionMental healthAdolescentCESD-11Internet Addiction Scale |
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Dong-Woo Choi Sung-Youn Chun Sang Ah Lee Kyu-Tae Han Eun-Cheol Park The association between parental depression and adolescent’s Internet addiction in South Korea Annals of General Psychiatry Maternal depression Internet addiction Mental health Adolescent CESD-11 Internet Addiction Scale |
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Dong-Woo Choi Sung-Youn Chun Sang Ah Lee Kyu-Tae Han Eun-Cheol Park |
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The association between parental depression and adolescent’s Internet addiction in South Korea |
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The association between parental depression and adolescent’s Internet addiction in South Korea |
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The association between parental depression and adolescent’s Internet addiction in South Korea |
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The association between parental depression and adolescent’s Internet addiction in South Korea |
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The association between parental depression and adolescent’s Internet addiction in South Korea |
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association between parental depression and adolescent’s internet addiction in south korea |
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Annals of General Psychiatry |
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Abstract Background A number of risk factors for Internet addiction among adolescents have been identified to be associated with their behavior, familial, and parental factors. However, few studies have focused on the relationship between parental mental health and Internet addiction among adolescents. Therefore, we investigated the association between parental mental health and children’s Internet addiction by controlling for several risk factors. Methods This study used panel data collected by the Korea Welfare Panel Study in 2012 and 2015. We focused primarily on the association between Internet addiction which was assessed by the Internet Addiction Scale (IAS) and parental depression which was measured with the 11-item version of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. To analyze the association between parental depression and log-transformed IAS, we conducted multiple regression analysis after adjusting for covariates. Results Among 587 children, depressed mothers and fathers comprised 4.75 and 4.19%, respectively. The mean IAS score of the adolescents was 23.62 ± 4.38. Only maternal depression (β = 0.0960, p = 0.0033) showed higher IAS among children compared to nonmaternal depression. Strongly positive associations between parental depression and children’s Internet addiction were observed for high maternal education level, adolescents’ gender, and adolescent’s academic performance. Conclusions Maternal depression is related to children’s Internet addiction; particularly, mothers who had graduated from the university level or above, male children, and children’s normal or better academic performance show the strongest relationship with children’s Internet addiction. |
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Maternal depression Internet addiction Mental health Adolescent CESD-11 Internet Addiction Scale |
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