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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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Autores principales: Machimbarrena, Juan M., González-Cabrera, Joaquín, Ortega-Barón, Jéssica, Beranuy-Fargues, Marta, Álvarez-Bardón, Aitor, Tejero, Blanca
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Publicado: MDPI 2019
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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/).
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Tejero, Blanca
Profiles of Problematic Internet Use and Its Impact on Adolescents’ Health-Related Quality of Life
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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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