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Problematic Internet Use among Adolescents 18 Months after the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Frank W. Paulus, Jens Joas, Ida Gerstner, Anna Luisa Kühn, Markus Wenning, Thomas Gehrke, Holger Burckhart, Ulf Richter, Alexandra Nonnenmacher, Michael Zemlin, Thomas Lücke, Folke Brinkmann, Tobias Rothoeft, Thorsten Lehr, Eva Möhler

Children · 2022

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Summary

Studies in recent years and especially since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic have shown a significant increase in the problematic use of computer games and social media. Adolescents having difficulties in regulating their unpleasant emotions are especially prone to Problematic Internet Use (PIU), which is why emotion dysregulation has been considered a risk factor for PIU. The aim of the present study was to assess problematic internet use (PIU) in adolescents after the third wave (nearly 1.5 years after the onset in Europe) of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the German region of Siegen-Wittgenstein, all students 12 years and older from secondary-level schools, vocational schools and universities were offered a prioritized vaccination in August 2021 with an approved vaccine against COVID-

Source type
Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.3390/children9111724
Catalogue ID
SNmojbijnh-6f1icr
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