Longitudinal psychosocial factors related to symptoms of Internet addiction among adults in early midlife

Chenshu Zhang; Judith S. Brook; Carl G. Leukefeld; David W. Brook

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.06.019

Longitudinal psychosocial factors related to symptoms of Internet addiction among adults in early midlife

Chenshu Zhang, Judith S. Brook, Carl G. Leukefeld, David W. Brook

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Abstract

In this longitudinal study, we applied structural equation modeling (SEM) to examine the psychosocial factors from adolescence to adulthood as related to symptoms of Internet addiction (IA) during early midlife. We gathered longitudinal data on a prospective cohort of community-dwelling men and women (N = 548) followed from adolescence to early midlife (mean age = 43; SD = 2.8). The findings supported a meditational model: adolescent (mean age = 16) conflictual parent-child relationship was associated with internalizing problem behaviors at mean age 21 in emerging adulthood (b = 0.13, p < 0.01), which, in turn, were associated with both alcohol/drug use problems at mean age 27-32 (b = 0.24, p < 0.001) and affective disorders at mean age 37 (b = 0.29, p < 0.001), which, ultimately, were associated with symptoms of IA in early midlife (b = 0.23, p < 0.01; b = 0.21, p < 0.05, respectively). In addition, alcohol/drug use problems were associated with affective disorders (b = 0.22, p < 0.05). Among the constructs, alcohol/drug use problems had the greatest total effects on symptoms of IA in early midlife (b = 0.28, p < 0.001). Findings suggest that family therapy focused on an increase in the affectionate relationship between the adolescent and his/her parents, cognitive-behavioral treatment of internalizing problem behaviors, and effective treatment of individuals who have alcohol/drug use problems may reduce the likelihood of having symptoms of IA in early midlife.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	65-72
Number of pages	8
Journal	Addictive Behaviors
Volume	62
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.06.019
State	Published - Nov 1 2016

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Funding

This research was supported by National Institutes of Health research grants DA003188 and DA032603 , both from the National Institute on Drug Abuse , awarded to Dr. Judith S. Brook. The funding sponsor had no involvement in the study design, collection, analysis or interpretation of the data, writing the manuscript, or the decision to submit the paper for publication. The authors wish to thank Dr. Stephen J. Finch for his critical review of this manuscript. This research was supported by NIH grants DA003188 and DA032603 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse awarded to Dr. Judith S. Brook.

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National Institutes of Health (NIH)

DA032603

Author National Institute on Drug Abuse DA031791 Mark J Ferris National Institute on Drug Abuse DA006634 Mark J Ferris National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism AA026117 Mark J Ferris National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism AA028162 Elizabeth G Pitts National Institute of General Medical Sciences GM102773 Elizabeth G Pitts Peter McManus Charitable Trust Mark J Ferris National Institute on Drug Abuse

R01DA003188

Keywords

Affective disorders
Alcohol and substance use problems
Conflictual parent-child relationship
Internalizing behaviors
Midlife
Symptoms of Internet addiction

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Medicine (miscellaneous)
Clinical Psychology
Toxicology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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