ArticleBrain sciences2022
Brain Anatomy Alterations and Mental Health Challenges Correlate to Email Addiction Tendency.
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- Psychometric validation of the Farsi Bergen social media addiction scale (BSMAS) among Iranian adults.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Validation of the Farsi version of the video-game addiction scale for children: its associations with social media addiction, internet addiction and executive functions.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation enhances short-latency afferent inhibition via central cholinergic system activation.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Neurobiological risk factors for problematic social media use as a specific form of Internet addiction: A narrative review.World journal of psychiatry · 2023Review
- Neuroimaging the effects of smartphone (over-)use on brain function and structure-a review on the current state of MRI-based findings and a roadmap for future research.Psychoradiology · 2023Review
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Abstract
Despite the widespread use of email, our knowledge regarding the consequences of email addiction is lacking. The purpose of this study was to develop an email addiction tendency scale to evaluate its correlation to behavior and brain structure. Following this, the validity and reliability of the developed scale was investigated. We used voxel-based morphometry, correlation, and univariate regression analysis to assess the relationships between email addiction tendency scores and regional gray and white matter volumes, depression, and nonverbal reasoning abilities in a large sample of healthy young adults (n = 1152; mean age, 20.69 ± 1.84 years). The content validity ratio, content validity index, principal component analysis, and confirmatory factorial analysis all showed that the email addiction tendency scale (EATS) has high validity. Additionally, the Cronbach's alpha internal consistency and split-half reliability coefficient showed that the EATS has high reliability. We found that email addiction tendency scores were significantly negatively correlated with nonverbal reasoning. We also observed that the email addiction tendency scores were significantly and positively correlated with depression symptom severity and gray matter volume of the left rostrolateral prefrontal cortex (RLPC) in subjects. These results indicate that email addiction tendency is associated with lower mental health outcomes and increased GMV in the left RLPC.
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