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ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2021

The Mediating Role of Bullying and Victimisation on the Relationship Between Problematic Internet Use and Substance Abuse Among Adolescents in the UK: The Parent-Child Relationship as a Moderator.

Muthanna Samara, Adeem Ahmad Massarwi, Aiman El-Asam, Sara Hammuda, Peter K Smith, Hisham Morsi

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Article in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Muthanna SamaraDepartment of Psychology, Kingston University London, Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom.
Adeem Ahmad MassarwiDepartment of Psychology, Kingston University London, Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom.
Aiman El-AsamDepartment of Psychology, Kingston University London, Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom.
Sara HammudaDepartment of Psychology, Kingston University London, Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom.
Peter K SmithDepartment of Psychology, Goldsmiths University of London, London, United Kingdom.
Hisham MorsiNational Centre for Cancer Care and Research (NCCCR), Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha, Qatar.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the last decade, research into the negative effects of problematic internet use has greatly increased. The current study adopted a mediation-moderation model in exploring the relationship between problematic internet use and substance abuse (drinking, drug use, and smoking tobacco cigarettes) among 1,613 adolescents (aged 10-16) in the UK. The findings of the study revealed a significant positive correlation between problematic internet use and substance abuse, which is mediated by traditional and cyber bullying and victimisation. Furthermore, the parent-child relationship was found to be a protective factor that moderated the correlation between problematic internet use and substance abuse and the correlation between problematic internet use and traditional bullying. The study emphasises the critical need to reduce problematic internet use among adolescents as a risk factor for involvement in bullying as perpetrators and victims, in addition to substance abuse. Furthermore, the findings of the study highlight the importance of a good parent-child relationship as a protective factor among adolescents. In light of the findings of the study, interventions for reducing problematic internet use taking into account bullying and the parent-child relationship are needed among adolescents.

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addictionalcoholbullyingcyberbullyingparent-child relationshipparentingproblematic internet usesmoking)substance (ab)use (drugsvictimisation

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PMID34777028
PMCPMC8581192

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