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Association between childhood and adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms in Korean young adults with Internet addiction

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common psychiatric comorbidities of Internet addiction (IA); however, the possible mechanisms that contribute to this high comorbidity are still under debate. This study aims to analyze these possible mechanisms...

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Autores principales: Kim, DongIll, Lee, Deokjong, Lee, Junghan, Namkoong, Kee, Jung, Young-Chul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Akadémiai Kiadó 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5700719/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28786707
http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/2006.6.2017.044
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author Kim, DongIll
Lee, Deokjong
Lee, Junghan
Namkoong, Kee
Jung, Young-Chul
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description BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common psychiatric comorbidities of Internet addiction (IA); however, the possible mechanisms that contribute to this high comorbidity are still under debate. This study aims to analyze these possible mechanisms by comparing the effect of IA severity and childhood ADHD on inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity in young adults with IA. We hypothesized that IA might have associations with ADHD-like cognitive and behavior symptoms aside from childhood ADHD. METHODS: Study participants consisted of 61 young male adults. Participants were administered a structured interview. The severity of IA, childhood and current ADHD symptoms, and psychiatry comorbid symptoms were assessed through self-rating scales. The associations between the severity of IA and ADHD symptoms were examined through hierarchical regression analyses. RESULTS: Hierarchical regression analyses showed that the severity of IA significantly predicted most dimensions of ADHD symptoms. By contrast, childhood ADHD predicted only one dimension. DISCUSSION: The high comorbidity of inattention and hyperactivity symptoms in IA should not solely be accounted by an independent ADHD disorder but should consider the possibility of cognitive symptoms related to IA. Functional and structural brain abnormalities associated with excessive and pathologic Internet usage might be related to these ADHD-like symptoms. CONCLUSION: Inattention and hyperactivity in young adults with IA are more significantly associated with the severity of IA than that of childhood ADHD.
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spelling pubmed-57007192017-12-01 Association between childhood and adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms in Korean young adults with Internet addiction Kim, DongIll Lee, Deokjong Lee, Junghan Namkoong, Kee Jung, Young-Chul J Behav Addict Full-Length Report BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common psychiatric comorbidities of Internet addiction (IA); however, the possible mechanisms that contribute to this high comorbidity are still under debate. This study aims to analyze these possible mechanisms by comparing the effect of IA severity and childhood ADHD on inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity in young adults with IA. We hypothesized that IA might have associations with ADHD-like cognitive and behavior symptoms aside from childhood ADHD. METHODS: Study participants consisted of 61 young male adults. Participants were administered a structured interview. The severity of IA, childhood and current ADHD symptoms, and psychiatry comorbid symptoms were assessed through self-rating scales. The associations between the severity of IA and ADHD symptoms were examined through hierarchical regression analyses. RESULTS: Hierarchical regression analyses showed that the severity of IA significantly predicted most dimensions of ADHD symptoms. By contrast, childhood ADHD predicted only one dimension. DISCUSSION: The high comorbidity of inattention and hyperactivity symptoms in IA should not solely be accounted by an independent ADHD disorder but should consider the possibility of cognitive symptoms related to IA. Functional and structural brain abnormalities associated with excessive and pathologic Internet usage might be related to these ADHD-like symptoms. CONCLUSION: Inattention and hyperactivity in young adults with IA are more significantly associated with the severity of IA than that of childhood ADHD. Akadémiai Kiadó 2017-08-07 2017-09 /pmc/articles/PMC5700719/ /pubmed/28786707 http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/2006.6.2017.044 Text en © 2017 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium for non-commercial purposes, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Lee, Junghan
Namkoong, Kee
Jung, Young-Chul
Association between childhood and adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms in Korean young adults with Internet addiction
title Association between childhood and adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms in Korean young adults with Internet addiction
title_full Association between childhood and adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms in Korean young adults with Internet addiction
title_fullStr Association between childhood and adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms in Korean young adults with Internet addiction
title_full_unstemmed Association between childhood and adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms in Korean young adults with Internet addiction
title_short Association between childhood and adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms in Korean young adults with Internet addiction
title_sort association between childhood and adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms in korean young adults with internet addiction
topic Full-Length Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5700719/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28786707
http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/2006.6.2017.044
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