ArticleJournal of behavioral addictions2022
Relationship between adverse childhood experiences and problematic internet use among young adults: The role of the feeling of loneliness trajectory.
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- The association between internet-use-disorder symptoms and loneliness: a systematic review and meta-analysis with a categorical approach.Psychological medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Problematic smartphone use in college students: the interplay of adverse childhood experiences and lifestyle factors.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Adverse childhood experiences, loneliness, and doomscrolling on social media newsfeeds among adult men across Generations X, Y, Z.Frontiers in sociology · 2026Article
- Adolescent Insomnia Disorder - Problematic Internet Use Nexus: A Convergent Developmental Trajectory - Bridging Neuroimaging Biomarkers, Molecular Susceptibility, and Environmental-Neurocognitive Cascades.Psychology research and behavior management · 2026Review
- Loneliness trajectories and psychological distress in youth: Longitudinal evidence from a population-based sample.The British journal of developmental psychology · 2025Article
- Associations of multiple adverse childhood experiences, attachment insecurity and loneliness with physical and mental health difficulties in a representative Slovak sample.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
- The relationship between positive exercise experiences and mobile phone addiction tendencies in older adults: a cross-lagged study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Childhood abuse and adult cyberbullying victimization in Canada: The role of community belonging.PloS one · 2025Article
- Early-life circumstances and late life loneliness trajectories among Finnish older adults.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Adverse childhood experience and persistent insomnia during emerging adulthood: do positive childhood experiences matter?BMC public health · 2024Article
- The Impact of Problematic Internet Use on Adolescent Loneliness-Chain Mediation Effects of Social Support and Family Communication.Psychology research and behavior management · 2024Article
- Adverse childhood experiences and cognitive function in later life: the sequential mediating roles of education level and adult loneliness.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
Backgrounds and aims: Given problematic Internet usage's (PIU) negative impact on individual health, this study evaluates how adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) affect young adults' PIU and the possible underlying mechanism of the "feeling of loneliness" (FOL) trajectory. Methods: Analyzing a retrospective cohort sample from the Taiwan Youth Project, 2,393 adolescents were interviewed from the average ages of 14-28. We constructed ACE in 2000 using six categories (e.g., abuse and low family socioeconomic status) and 5-item PIU in 2017 from Chen's Internet Addiction Scale. FOL trajectories measured eight times, at average ages 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 25, 28 years-old. Results: Overall, 12.65% of the participants did not have ACEs, and 12.78% exhibited PIU. FOL trajectory analyses yielded three groups: "constant low" (reference group: 53.25%); "moderate decline" (36.81%); and "increasing" (9.94%). Regression models showed a dose-response association between ACE and young adults' PIU (adjusted odds ratio = 1.12; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.02-1.23) and the two risky loneliness groups (moderate decline: relative risk ratio [RRR] = 1.42, 95% CI = 1.32-1.54; increasing: RRR = 1.52, 95% CI = 1.37-1.71). Structural equation modeling further found that ACEs increase young adults' risk of being in the increasing group, and consequently, the risk of PIU. Discussion and conclusions: We demonstrated that ACE may be associated with 1) adults' PIU, 2) FOL from adolescence to emerging adulthood, and 3) young adults' PIU through its association with FOL trajectories.
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