ArticleChild and adolescent psychiatry and mental health2026
Internet addiction, ADHD, and adolescent mental health: a 1-year longitudinal study of risk and moderation.
Article in Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
Abstract
introductionThis 1-year follow-up study investigated the cross-sectional and prospective associations of (1) personal and environmental factors (demographic characteristics, attention-deficit/hyperactivity [ADHD] diagnosis, internalizing and externalizing problems, hostility, impulsivity, and the quality of relationships with friends and family) with Internet addiction and of (2) Internet addiction with various mental health problems (depression, suicidality, and nonsuicidal self-harm) among adolescents. In addition, the moderating effects of ADHD on these associations were analyzed.
methodsData were collected from 349 adolescents (176 with ADHD and 173 without ADHD at baseline). In total, 249 participants (71.3%; 122 with ADHD and 127 without ADHD) completed the 1-year follow-up assessment.
resultsAt baseline, impulsivity (e.g., lack of perseverance and self-control and inability to plan), hostility (expressive hostility behavior), age, and low satisfaction with relationships with friends were significantly associated with Internet addiction severity. At follow-up, impulsivity (e.g., lack of perseverance and self-control), hostility (expressive hostility behavior), and Internet addiction severity at baseline were significantly associated with Internet addiction severity. In addition, Internet addiction severity at baseline was cross-sectionally associated with depression. Notably, ADHD moderated the cross-sectional association between Internet addiction severity and nonsuicidal self-harm at baseline. Furthermore, Internet addiction severity at baseline prospectively predicted suicidality at follow-up.
conclusionInternet addiction can predict suicidality among adolescents. Personal and environmental factors should be integrated into the assessment of Internet addiction in adolescents.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.