ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2021
Individual Differences in Tendencies Toward Internet Use Disorder, Internet Literacy and Their Link to Autistic Traits in Both China and Germany.
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- Screen Time and Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Comprehensive Systematic Review of Risk, Usage, and Addiction.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Pooled it
- Caught in the Web of the Net? Part I: Meta-analyses of Problematic Internet Use and Social Media Use in (Young) People with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2025Pooled it
- Exploring the Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation and Distress Intolerance in the Relationship Between Social Anxiety and Problematic Smartphone Use: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Resilience and coping styles mediate the associations of autistic and ADHD traits with internet addiction in general adolescents.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The Relationship Between Autistic Traits, Internet Addiction, Perceived Social Support and Life Satisfaction.Noro psikiyatri arsivi · 2025Article
- The relationship between autistic traits and problematic smartphone use in adolescents: The serial mediating role of anxiety and executive dysfunction.BMC psychology · 2024Article
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- Investigating links between Internet literacy, Internet use, and Internet addiction among Chinese youth and adolescents in the digital age.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Opposing associations of Internet Use Disorder symptom domains with structural and functional organization of the striatum: A dimensional neuroimaging approach.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2022Article
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- Prevalence and Clinical Correlates of Internet Addiction Symptoms and Their Association With Quality of Life in Adolescents With Major Depressive Disorder: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
Recent evidence demonstrates that Internet Use Disorder tendencies (IUD; formerly known as Internet Addiction) are associated with higher tendencies toward autistic traits. In the present study, we aimed to further explore this association between IUD tendencies and autistic traits in a large cohort of German and Chinese subjects (total
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