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Excessive and Problematic Internet Use During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 School Closure: Comparison Between Japanese Youth With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder

Internet use in the youth has increased manifold during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) generally have a higher risk of problematic internet use. The aim of this study is to investigate the differences in internet and related digital...

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Autores principales: Kawabe, Kentaro, Hosokawa, Rie, Nakachi, Kiwamu, Yoshino, Ayumi, Horiuchi, Fumie, Ueno, Shu-ichi
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7773910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33392143
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.609347
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author Kawabe, Kentaro
Hosokawa, Rie
Nakachi, Kiwamu
Yoshino, Ayumi
Horiuchi, Fumie
Ueno, Shu-ichi
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description Internet use in the youth has increased manifold during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) generally have a higher risk of problematic internet use. The aim of this study is to investigate the differences in internet and related digital media use between children with ASD and their typically developing counterparts during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this online survey in Japan conducted from April 30 to May 8, 2020, we analyzed digital media time of 84 children with ASD and 361 age- and gender-matched controls before and after school closure. Digital media use duration was significantly longer in the ASD group than in the control group before the pandemic. The increase of media use time was more prominent in the control group than in the ASD group. We observed excessive Internet use among children with ASD and without ASD, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is necessary to establish strategies to prevent excessive internet use in not only children and adolescents with ASD but also without ASD in the post-pandemic world.
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spelling pubmed-77739102021-01-01 Excessive and Problematic Internet Use During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 School Closure: Comparison Between Japanese Youth With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder Kawabe, Kentaro Hosokawa, Rie Nakachi, Kiwamu Yoshino, Ayumi Horiuchi, Fumie Ueno, Shu-ichi Front Public Health Public Health Internet use in the youth has increased manifold during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) generally have a higher risk of problematic internet use. The aim of this study is to investigate the differences in internet and related digital media use between children with ASD and their typically developing counterparts during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this online survey in Japan conducted from April 30 to May 8, 2020, we analyzed digital media time of 84 children with ASD and 361 age- and gender-matched controls before and after school closure. Digital media use duration was significantly longer in the ASD group than in the control group before the pandemic. The increase of media use time was more prominent in the control group than in the ASD group. We observed excessive Internet use among children with ASD and without ASD, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is necessary to establish strategies to prevent excessive internet use in not only children and adolescents with ASD but also without ASD in the post-pandemic world. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-12-17 /pmc/articles/PMC7773910/ /pubmed/33392143 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.609347 Text en Copyright © 2020 Kawabe, Hosokawa, Nakachi, Yoshino, Horiuchi and Ueno. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Hosokawa, Rie
Nakachi, Kiwamu
Yoshino, Ayumi
Horiuchi, Fumie
Ueno, Shu-ichi
Excessive and Problematic Internet Use During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 School Closure: Comparison Between Japanese Youth With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder
title Excessive and Problematic Internet Use During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 School Closure: Comparison Between Japanese Youth With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder
title_full Excessive and Problematic Internet Use During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 School Closure: Comparison Between Japanese Youth With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder
title_fullStr Excessive and Problematic Internet Use During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 School Closure: Comparison Between Japanese Youth With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder
title_full_unstemmed Excessive and Problematic Internet Use During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 School Closure: Comparison Between Japanese Youth With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder
title_short Excessive and Problematic Internet Use During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 School Closure: Comparison Between Japanese Youth With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder
title_sort excessive and problematic internet use during the coronavirus disease 2019 school closure: comparison between japanese youth with and without autism spectrum disorder
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7773910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33392143
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.609347
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