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Profiles of Problematic Internet Use and Its Impact on Adolescents’ Health-Related Quality of Life
The internet has been a breakthrough for adolescents in many ways, but its use can also become dysfunctional and problematic, leading to consequences for personal well-being. The main objective is to analyze profiles related to problematic internet use and its relationship with health-related qualit...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6843246/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31614899 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16203877 |
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author | Machimbarrena, Juan M. González-Cabrera, Joaquín Ortega-Barón, Jéssica Beranuy-Fargues, Marta Álvarez-Bardón, Aitor Tejero, Blanca |
author_facet | Machimbarrena, Juan M. González-Cabrera, Joaquín Ortega-Barón, Jéssica Beranuy-Fargues, Marta Álvarez-Bardón, Aitor Tejero, Blanca |
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description | The internet has been a breakthrough for adolescents in many ways, but its use can also become dysfunctional and problematic, leading to consequences for personal well-being. The main objective is to analyze profiles related to problematic internet use and its relationship with health-related quality of life (HRQoL). An analytical and cross-sectional study was carried out in a region of northern Spain. The sample comprised 12,285 participants. Sampling was random and representative. Mean age and standard deviation was 14.69 ± 1.73 (11–18 years). The Spanish versions of the Problematic and Generalized Internet Use Scale (GPIUS2) and of the Health-Related Quality of Life (KIDSCREEN-27) were used. Four profiles were detected (non-problematic use, mood regulator, problematic internet use, and severe problematic use). The prevalence of these last two profiles was 18.5% and 4.9%, respectively. Problematic internet use correlated negatively and significantly with HRQoL. The severe problematic use profile presented a significant decrease in all dimensions of HRQoL. Analyses were carried out to extract a cut-off point for GPIUS2 (52 points). The results and practical implications are discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-68432462019-11-25 Profiles of Problematic Internet Use and Its Impact on Adolescents’ Health-Related Quality of Life Machimbarrena, Juan M. González-Cabrera, Joaquín Ortega-Barón, Jéssica Beranuy-Fargues, Marta Álvarez-Bardón, Aitor Tejero, Blanca Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The internet has been a breakthrough for adolescents in many ways, but its use can also become dysfunctional and problematic, leading to consequences for personal well-being. The main objective is to analyze profiles related to problematic internet use and its relationship with health-related quality of life (HRQoL). An analytical and cross-sectional study was carried out in a region of northern Spain. The sample comprised 12,285 participants. Sampling was random and representative. Mean age and standard deviation was 14.69 ± 1.73 (11–18 years). The Spanish versions of the Problematic and Generalized Internet Use Scale (GPIUS2) and of the Health-Related Quality of Life (KIDSCREEN-27) were used. Four profiles were detected (non-problematic use, mood regulator, problematic internet use, and severe problematic use). The prevalence of these last two profiles was 18.5% and 4.9%, respectively. Problematic internet use correlated negatively and significantly with HRQoL. The severe problematic use profile presented a significant decrease in all dimensions of HRQoL. Analyses were carried out to extract a cut-off point for GPIUS2 (52 points). The results and practical implications are discussed. MDPI 2019-10-13 2019-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6843246/ /pubmed/31614899 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16203877 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Machimbarrena, Juan M. González-Cabrera, Joaquín Ortega-Barón, Jéssica Beranuy-Fargues, Marta Álvarez-Bardón, Aitor Tejero, Blanca Profiles of Problematic Internet Use and Its Impact on Adolescents’ Health-Related Quality of Life |
title | Profiles of Problematic Internet Use and Its Impact on Adolescents’ Health-Related Quality of Life |
title_full | Profiles of Problematic Internet Use and Its Impact on Adolescents’ Health-Related Quality of Life |
title_fullStr | Profiles of Problematic Internet Use and Its Impact on Adolescents’ Health-Related Quality of Life |
title_full_unstemmed | Profiles of Problematic Internet Use and Its Impact on Adolescents’ Health-Related Quality of Life |
title_short | Profiles of Problematic Internet Use and Its Impact on Adolescents’ Health-Related Quality of Life |
title_sort | profiles of problematic internet use and its impact on adolescents’ health-related quality of life |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6843246/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31614899 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16203877 |
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