ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
The Influence of Childhood Trauma and Family Functioning on Internet Addiction in Adolescents: A Chain-Mediated Model Analysis.
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- Childhood trauma is associated with mobile phone dependency through self esteem and depressive symptoms in adolescents.Discover mental health · 2026Article
- Gender differences in the relationship between bullying victimization and mobile phone addiction among adolescents: the mediating roles of depression and social anxiety.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Anxiety mediated the relationship between bullying victimization and internet addiction in adolescents, and family support moderated the relationship.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Gender differences in the relationship between obsessive-compulsive symptoms and suicide risk among psychiatric outpatient adolescents: the role of depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and sleep disturbances.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The mediating role of social connectedness and negative cognitive emotion regulation in the association between problematic Internet use and depression among adolescents.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Influence of childhood trauma on adolescent internet addiction: The mediating roles of loneliness and negative coping styles.World journal of psychiatry · 2023Article
- Association Between Family Atmosphere and Internet Addiction Among Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Self-Esteem and Negative Emotions.International journal of public health · 2023Article
- A study on the correlation between family dynamic factors and depression in adolescents.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aimed to examine the prevalence of Internet addiction in adolescents, analyze the associations of childhood trauma, systematic family dynamics, and family functioning with Internet addiction, and investigate the mediating chain role of anxiety and depression in the relationship of childhood trauma and family functioning with adolescent Internet addiction.
methodsThis was a cross-sectional study in which general sociodemographic data were obtained from 3357 adolescents in grades 6-12 who were assessed using psychometric instruments such as the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, Young Internet Addiction Test, Systematic Family Dynamics Self-Rating Scale (SSFD), Family Functioning Assessment (FAD), Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS), and Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS).
results(1) The prevalence of Internet addiction among adolescents was 26.09% (876/3357). The prevalence of childhood trauma was 54.96% (1845/3357), and the prevalence of Internet addiction was significantly different between adolescents who suffered childhood trauma and those who did not (χ
conclusionsChildhood trauma and poor family functioning or support predicted Internet addiction in adolescents, with anxiety and depression as mediators.
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