ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2023
The Mediatory Role of the Boredom and Loneliness Dimensions in the Development of Problematic Internet Use.
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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
- Maternal Loneliness and Technoference During Early Childhood: The Mediating Roles of Nomophobia and Social Media Addiction.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026Article
- Boredom in Psychiatric Disorders: Another Dimensional Construct?Brain and behavior · 2026Review
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- Perceived stress and problematic micro-short viewing among Chinese university students: mediating effects of state boredom and moderating effects of loneliness.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Connected by Boredom: A Systematic Review of the Role of Trait Boredom in Problematic Technology Use.Brain sciences · 2025Review
- The impact of loneliness on depression among college students: the mediating role of problematic internet use and the moderating role of perceived social support.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Temporal patterns of loneliness and their associations with mental health outcomes: Observations from a longitudinal study.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2025Article
- Exploring emerging psychopathological characteristics and challenges of novel depression subtypes: insights from the literature.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Review
- Social media use and emerging mental health issues.Industrial psychiatry journal · 2024Article
- I rely on a little help from my friends: the effect of interpersonal and intrapersonal emotion regulation on the relationship between FOMO and problematic internet use.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Could the Construct of Modern-Type Depression Predict Internet Gaming Disorder in Italian Video Gamers? A Case-Control Study.Brain sciences · 2024Article
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Abstract
In recent years, there has been a gradual digitalization of our society, resulting in intensified technology use for daily life activities, including the emergence of problematic Internet use (PIU). Few studies specifically addressed the boredom and loneliness dimensions in mediating the association between depression, anxiety, and stress levels and the onset of PIU. A nationwide population-based cross-sectional case-control study was carried out by recruiting a sample of Italian young people (aged 18-35). Only 1643 participants were selected for the analyses based on the age and the presence versus absence of PIU. Participants were mainly females (68.7%), with a mean age of 21.8 (SD = 1.7). Non-PIU individuals had significantly stable relationships (
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