ArticleJournal of behavioral addictions2021
Problematic Internet Use in early adolescence: The role of attachment and negative beliefs about worry.
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- A systematic review of metacognitions in Internet Gaming Disorder and problematic Internet, smartphone and social networking sites use.Clinical psychology & psychotherapy · 2021Pooled it
- Attachment Representations, emotion regulation Difficulties and behavioral addiction Risk: Testing a mediation model in undergraduate students.Addictive behaviors reports · 2026Article
- Parental Monitoring of Early Adolescent Social Technology Use in the US: A Mixed-Method Study.Journal of child and family studies · 2024Article
- Mediating effects of attention problems on the link between parenting style and internet gaming disorder in adolescents.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- The Generalized Problematic Internet Use Scale 2 in a Polish sample: psychometric validation and relationship with specific Internet-related disorders and psychosocial functioning.Current issues in personality psychology · 2023Article
- Antecedents of problematic social media use and cyberbullying among adolescents: attachment, the dark triad and rejection sensitivity.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2022Article
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- Smartphone addiction and cross-cultural adjustment among overseas Chinese students: The role of emotion regulation beliefs and strategies.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsProblematic Internet Use (PIU) might be a potential mental health problem. Few studies have investigated the relative contribution of individual and family factors in the development of PIU in early adolescence. The aim of the current study was to model the relationship between attachment styles, negative beliefs about worry, and PIU in early adolescence.
methodsFive hundred and thirty-eight Italian early adolescents (51% females, M age = 12.7 years, SD = 0.87) were included in this study. The pattern of relationships specified by the theoretical model was examined through path analysis.
resultsResults showed that avoidance (mother) and anxiety (father) were directly associated with PIU. Anxiety (mother) and avoidance (father) were indirectly associated with PIU via negative beliefs about worry. DISCUSSION AND
conclusionsOverall, our findings show that attachment toward mother and father are differently linked to PIU and that negative beliefs about worry may play a mediating role in the association between attachment and PIU. Findings are discussed within clinical and preventive implications.
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