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SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2017

Effects of Group Counseling Programs, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Sports Intervention on Internet Addiction in East Asia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Jun Liu, Jing Nie, Yafeng Wang

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Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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41 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 105 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jun LiuDepartment of Sociology & Institute for Empirical Social Science Research, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China. liujunsoc@xjtu.edu.cn.
Jing NieDepartment of Sociology & Institute for Empirical Social Science Research, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China. njamm.5818@stu.xjtu.edu.cn.
Yafeng WangDepartment of Sociology & Institute for Empirical Social Science Research, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China. wyf.90.25.wyf@stu.xjtu.edu.cn.
Xi'an Jiaotong University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To evaluate the effects of group counseling programs, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and sports intervention on Internet addiction (IA), a systematic search in ten databases was performed to identify eligible studies without language restrictions up to January 2017. A meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis (TSA) was performed, respectively. A total of 58 randomized controlled trials (RCTs), which included 2871 participants, were incorporated into our meta-analysis. The results showed that group counseling programs, CBT, and sports intervention could significantly reduce IA levels (group counseling program: standardized mean difference (SMD), -1.37; 95% confidence interval (CI), -1.89 to -0.85; CBT: SMD, -1.88; 95% CI, -2.53 to -1.23; sports intervention: SMD, -1.70; 95% CI, -2.14 to -1.26). For group counseling programs, this treatment was more effective in four dimensions of IA, including time management, interpersonal and health issues, tolerance, and compulsive Internet use. For CBT, this treatment yielded a positive change in depression, anxiousness, aggressiveness, somatization, social insecurity, phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation, and psychoticism. For sports intervention, the significant effects were also observed in all dimensions of the IA scale. Each of group counseling programs, cognitive behavioral therapy, and sports intervention had a significant effect on IA and psychopathological symptoms. Sports intervention could improve withdrawal symptoms especially.

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InternetAdultAnxiety DisordersBehavior, AddictiveChinaCognitive Behavioral TherapyCounselingDepressive DisorderFemaleHumansRepublic of KoreaSportsStudentscognitive behavioral therapygroup counseling programsInternet addictionmeta-analysissports intervention

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PMID29182549
PMCPMC5750889
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