Understanding internet addiction and its associated factors among children and adolescents : a review of literature
Internet Addiction (IA) is becoming increasingly recognized as a serious public health issue, particularly for children and adolescents. This review article discussed the complexity of IA diagnostic criteria and IA-related risk factors from a public health perspective with the intention of fos...
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| description | Internet Addiction (IA) is becoming increasingly recognized as a serious public health issue,
particularly for children and adolescents. This review article discussed the complexity of IA
diagnostic criteria and IA-related risk factors from a public health perspective with the intention
of fostering a better understanding of IA in adolescents and children. The entire discussion
pointed out how the epidemiological triad of disease framework helps to explain the IA
associated factors among adolescents. This framework emphasises the agent (Internet
characteristics and its content), host (e.g., self-personality, comorbidity, psychological status,
inter- and intrapersonal relationship), and environment as extrinsic factors (i.e., physical
pollution, socioeconomic status, availability, and accessibility of the Internet) that facilitate
interaction between the agent and the host. Evaluation of all three components and their
association with IA is essential as it allows for a more comprehensive understanding of how the
issues arise, which can be useful in developing future effective public health measures for IA. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:205762022-11-27T17:25:12Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20576/ Understanding internet addiction and its associated factors among children and adolescents : a review of literature Ayuzeity Bistari Md Bukhorii, Mohd. Hasni Ja’afar, Internet Addiction (IA) is becoming increasingly recognized as a serious public health issue, particularly for children and adolescents. This review article discussed the complexity of IA diagnostic criteria and IA-related risk factors from a public health perspective with the intention of fostering a better understanding of IA in adolescents and children. The entire discussion pointed out how the epidemiological triad of disease framework helps to explain the IA associated factors among adolescents. This framework emphasises the agent (Internet characteristics and its content), host (e.g., self-personality, comorbidity, psychological status, inter- and intrapersonal relationship), and environment as extrinsic factors (i.e., physical pollution, socioeconomic status, availability, and accessibility of the Internet) that facilitate interaction between the agent and the host. Evaluation of all three components and their association with IA is essential as it allows for a more comprehensive understanding of how the issues arise, which can be useful in developing future effective public health measures for IA. Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20576/1/sazman%2C%2Bvol%2B12%2Bno%2B2%2B2022_202.pdf Ayuzeity Bistari Md Bukhorii, and Mohd. Hasni Ja’afar, (2022) Understanding internet addiction and its associated factors among children and adolescents : a review of literature. International Journal of Public Health Research, 12 (2). pp. 1625-1636. ISSN 2232-0245 https://spaj.ukm.my/ijphr/index.php/ijphr/issue/view/31 |
| spellingShingle | Ayuzeity Bistari Md Bukhorii, Mohd. Hasni Ja’afar, Understanding internet addiction and its associated factors among children and adolescents : a review of literature |
| title | Understanding internet addiction and its associated factors among children and adolescents : a review of literature |
| title_full | Understanding internet addiction and its associated factors among children and adolescents : a review of literature |
| title_fullStr | Understanding internet addiction and its associated factors among children and adolescents : a review of literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding internet addiction and its associated factors among children and adolescents : a review of literature |
| title_short | Understanding internet addiction and its associated factors among children and adolescents : a review of literature |
| title_sort | understanding internet addiction and its associated factors among children and adolescents : a review of literature |
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