ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2023
A School-Based Program for Problematic Internet Use for Adolescents in Japan.
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- Impact of health education on internet addiction, internet use time, and social media addiction in adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness of a residential treatment camp for adolescents with problematic Internet use in Japan: A 3-month follow-up pilot controlled study.Addictive behaviors reports · 2026Article
- Digital literacy education and problematic Internet use among adolescents: a quasi-experimental study of digital self-efficacy and delay of gratification as cognitive-regulatory correlates.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Forms of interventions for problematic usage of the internet: A scoping review.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Article
- Predictors of Problematic Internet Use Among Romanian High School Students.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Scoping review of interventions aimed at promoting healthy screen use among adolescents.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Navigating the digital frontier: protecting adolescents in the age of mobile internet.Pediatric research · 2025Article
- Loneliness and Problematic Internet Use in Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Dissociation.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The Transition from Childhood to Adolescence: Between Health and Vulnerability.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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Abstract
Despite the serious influence of problematic Internet use on mental health among Japanese adolescents, no randomized clinical trials have investigated universal school-based interventions for this potential health challenge. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the efficacy of a school-based educational program. This two-armed, parallel, cluster-based randomized clinical trial included 5312 students from 13 high schools situated in a mid-sized Japanese city. The students in the intervention arm received 10 weekly standardized sessions, including a combination of information provision and interactive sessions by schoolteachers. The students in the control group followed a standard school curriculum. A generalized estimating equation model was applied to assess the primary (Korean Scale for Internet Addiction [K-scale] score) and secondary (behavioral change status according to changes in the transtheoretical model smartphone addiction score and Internet usage time) outcomes two months after intervention completion. The intention-to-treat analysis included 2597 (97.2%) and 2504 (94.9%) students in the intervention and control groups, respectively. Nevertheless, a significant discrepancy emerged regarding the behavioral change status. Therefore, this school-based program did not improve the Internet or smartphone addiction scores among Japanese adolescents. Further studies are needed to develop appropriate interventions for adolescents.
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