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Mental health literacy of Internet gaming disorder and problematic smartphone use among Korean teenagers

The last few decades have seen an increased interest in ‘Mental Health Literacy (MHL)’ which addresses knowledge and beliefs relating to mental health problems and is likely to hinder treatment-seeking behaviors. Although MHL research to date has explored various mental disorders, far too little att...

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Autores principales: Jeon, Mina, Lee, Mi-Sun, Yoon, Ji-Young, Bhang, Soo-Young
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9302878/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35862446
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270988
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author Jeon, Mina
Lee, Mi-Sun
Yoon, Ji-Young
Bhang, Soo-Young
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Yoon, Ji-Young
Bhang, Soo-Young
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description The last few decades have seen an increased interest in ‘Mental Health Literacy (MHL)’ which addresses knowledge and beliefs relating to mental health problems and is likely to hinder treatment-seeking behaviors. Although MHL research to date has explored various mental disorders, far too little attention has been paid to Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) and Problematic Smartphone use (PSU). The objective of this study is to develop an MHL questionnaire for IGD and PSU by adopting the MHL approach in the previous literature and examine MHL of IGD and PSU in Korean teenagers by focusing on their ability to recognize addictions, and perceptions and help-seeking attitudes towards a person with addictions. The current study also aimed to compare Korean teenagers’ MHL depending on low- and high-risk of IGD and PSU. A total of 169 teenagers aged 10 and 16 years were recruited from schools and children’s centers in Seoul and completed the newly developed MHL questionnaire and screening questionnaires for IGD and PSU. The MHL questionnaire for IGD and PSU was designed as a vignette-based questionnaire that depicted behavioral characteristics of a severe problem with Internet and smartphone usage. Korean teenagers had a poor ability to recognize IGD and PSU and were more prone to seek parental help than professional help. The current study also showed that teenagers had better recognition of IGD than PSU and perceived that a person with IGD has a more difficult life than a person with PSU. Furthermore, a low-risk or high-risk group of IGD or PSU showed minimal differences in MHL. The current study provided empirical evidence to support a need to develop educational programs to improve Korean teenagers’ MHL for both IGD and PSU.
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spelling pubmed-93028782022-07-22 Mental health literacy of Internet gaming disorder and problematic smartphone use among Korean teenagers Jeon, Mina Lee, Mi-Sun Yoon, Ji-Young Bhang, Soo-Young PLoS One Research Article The last few decades have seen an increased interest in ‘Mental Health Literacy (MHL)’ which addresses knowledge and beliefs relating to mental health problems and is likely to hinder treatment-seeking behaviors. Although MHL research to date has explored various mental disorders, far too little attention has been paid to Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) and Problematic Smartphone use (PSU). The objective of this study is to develop an MHL questionnaire for IGD and PSU by adopting the MHL approach in the previous literature and examine MHL of IGD and PSU in Korean teenagers by focusing on their ability to recognize addictions, and perceptions and help-seeking attitudes towards a person with addictions. The current study also aimed to compare Korean teenagers’ MHL depending on low- and high-risk of IGD and PSU. A total of 169 teenagers aged 10 and 16 years were recruited from schools and children’s centers in Seoul and completed the newly developed MHL questionnaire and screening questionnaires for IGD and PSU. The MHL questionnaire for IGD and PSU was designed as a vignette-based questionnaire that depicted behavioral characteristics of a severe problem with Internet and smartphone usage. Korean teenagers had a poor ability to recognize IGD and PSU and were more prone to seek parental help than professional help. The current study also showed that teenagers had better recognition of IGD than PSU and perceived that a person with IGD has a more difficult life than a person with PSU. Furthermore, a low-risk or high-risk group of IGD or PSU showed minimal differences in MHL. The current study provided empirical evidence to support a need to develop educational programs to improve Korean teenagers’ MHL for both IGD and PSU. Public Library of Science 2022-07-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9302878/ /pubmed/35862446 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270988 Text en © 2022 Jeon et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Bhang, Soo-Young
Mental health literacy of Internet gaming disorder and problematic smartphone use among Korean teenagers
title Mental health literacy of Internet gaming disorder and problematic smartphone use among Korean teenagers
title_full Mental health literacy of Internet gaming disorder and problematic smartphone use among Korean teenagers
title_fullStr Mental health literacy of Internet gaming disorder and problematic smartphone use among Korean teenagers
title_full_unstemmed Mental health literacy of Internet gaming disorder and problematic smartphone use among Korean teenagers
title_short Mental health literacy of Internet gaming disorder and problematic smartphone use among Korean teenagers
title_sort mental health literacy of internet gaming disorder and problematic smartphone use among korean teenagers
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9302878/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35862446
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270988
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