Recurrent pain symptoms among adolescents with generalized and specific problematic internet use: A large-scale cross-sectional study
Numerous studies suggest a negative impact of problematic internet use (PIU) not only on mental health but also on somatic components of adolescent health. The present study aimed to identify the associations between different types of PIU – generalized PIU (GPIU), problematic video game use (PVGU),...
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| author | Sergey Tereshchenko Edward Kasparov Valery Manchuk Lidia Evert Olga Zaitseva Marina Smolnikova Margarita Shubina Nina Gorbacheva Ivan Novitckii Olga Moskalenko Ludmila Lapteva Mark D. Griffiths |
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| description | Numerous studies suggest a negative impact of problematic internet use (PIU) not only on mental health but also on somatic components of adolescent health. The present study aimed to identify the associations between different types of PIU – generalized PIU (GPIU), problematic video game use (PVGU), and problematic social media use (PSMU) – and recurrent pain symptoms (headache, abdominal pain, and back pain), as well as to determine the role of psychosocial factors in these associations. In a cross-sectional school-based study, 4411 urban Siberian adolescents were asked about the presence, frequency, and intensity of pain symptoms in the past three months. Standardized psychometric scales were used to assess GPIU, PSMU and PVGU. Given the presence of psychosocial problems as a major confounder, direct associations of PSMU and GPIU with recurrent pain symptoms (headache, abdominal pain, and back pain) were found. PVGU was weakly associated only with abdominal pain. Further analysis indicated that the positive associations were largely mediated by comorbid psychosocial problems. These findings highlight the importance of addressing both problematic internet use and comorbid psychosocial problems to effectively reduce PIU-associated recurrent headaches, abdominal pain, and back pain among adolescents. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e03d12b5dc34449f8056652b7e526ffc2024-12-18T08:50:08ZengElsevierComputers in Human Behavior Reports2451-95882024-12-0116100506Recurrent pain symptoms among adolescents with generalized and specific problematic internet use: A large-scale cross-sectional studySergey Tereshchenko0Edward Kasparov1Valery Manchuk2Lidia Evert3Olga Zaitseva4Marina Smolnikova5Margarita Shubina6Nina Gorbacheva7Ivan Novitckii8Olga Moskalenko9Ludmila Lapteva10Mark D. Griffiths11Federal Research Center Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Research Institute of Medical Problems of the North, Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation; Corresponding author.Federal Research Center Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Research Institute of Medical Problems of the North, Krasnoyarsk, Russian FederationFederal Research Center Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Research Institute of Medical Problems of the North, Krasnoyarsk, Russian FederationFederal Research Center Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Research Institute of Medical Problems of the North, Krasnoyarsk, Russian FederationFederal Research Center Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Research Institute of Medical Problems of the North, Krasnoyarsk, Russian FederationFederal Research Center Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Research Institute of Medical Problems of the North, Krasnoyarsk, Russian FederationFederal Research Center Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Research Institute of Medical Problems of the North, Krasnoyarsk, Russian FederationFederal Research Center Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Research Institute of Medical Problems of the North, Krasnoyarsk, Russian FederationFederal Research Center Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Research Institute of Medical Problems of the North, Krasnoyarsk, Russian FederationFederal Research Center Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Research Institute of Medical Problems of the North, Krasnoyarsk, Russian FederationFederal Research Center Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Research Institute of Medical Problems of the North, Krasnoyarsk, Russian FederationInternational Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United KingdomNumerous studies suggest a negative impact of problematic internet use (PIU) not only on mental health but also on somatic components of adolescent health. The present study aimed to identify the associations between different types of PIU – generalized PIU (GPIU), problematic video game use (PVGU), and problematic social media use (PSMU) – and recurrent pain symptoms (headache, abdominal pain, and back pain), as well as to determine the role of psychosocial factors in these associations. In a cross-sectional school-based study, 4411 urban Siberian adolescents were asked about the presence, frequency, and intensity of pain symptoms in the past three months. Standardized psychometric scales were used to assess GPIU, PSMU and PVGU. Given the presence of psychosocial problems as a major confounder, direct associations of PSMU and GPIU with recurrent pain symptoms (headache, abdominal pain, and back pain) were found. PVGU was weakly associated only with abdominal pain. Further analysis indicated that the positive associations were largely mediated by comorbid psychosocial problems. These findings highlight the importance of addressing both problematic internet use and comorbid psychosocial problems to effectively reduce PIU-associated recurrent headaches, abdominal pain, and back pain among adolescents.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451958824001398Recurrent headacheRecurrent abdominal painRecurrent back painProblematic internet usePsychosocial problemsAdolescents |
| spellingShingle | Sergey Tereshchenko Edward Kasparov Valery Manchuk Lidia Evert Olga Zaitseva Marina Smolnikova Margarita Shubina Nina Gorbacheva Ivan Novitckii Olga Moskalenko Ludmila Lapteva Mark D. Griffiths Recurrent pain symptoms among adolescents with generalized and specific problematic internet use: A large-scale cross-sectional study Computers in Human Behavior Reports Recurrent headache Recurrent abdominal pain Recurrent back pain Problematic internet use Psychosocial problems Adolescents |
| title | Recurrent pain symptoms among adolescents with generalized and specific problematic internet use: A large-scale cross-sectional study |
| title_full | Recurrent pain symptoms among adolescents with generalized and specific problematic internet use: A large-scale cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Recurrent pain symptoms among adolescents with generalized and specific problematic internet use: A large-scale cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recurrent pain symptoms among adolescents with generalized and specific problematic internet use: A large-scale cross-sectional study |
| title_short | Recurrent pain symptoms among adolescents with generalized and specific problematic internet use: A large-scale cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | recurrent pain symptoms among adolescents with generalized and specific problematic internet use a large scale cross sectional study |
| topic | Recurrent headache Recurrent abdominal pain Recurrent back pain Problematic internet use Psychosocial problems Adolescents |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451958824001398 |
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