Psychiatric Symptoms and Problematic Internet Use among Turkish University Students
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This study aims to investigate the psychiatric symptoms with relation to problematic internet use among university students. The data collected from 555 university students (male:214, female:341). Online Cognition Scale (OCS), Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), Demographic and General Information Form which contain internet using behaviors were used for data collection. Student t-test and chi-square test were used for statistical analyses. As a result of analysis, there were 140 students with PIU and 142 students without PIU. Sixty-one female students (43.6%) and 79 male students (56.4%) were in PIU group. Only male students have significantly higher level of diminished impulse control than female students (t=2.432 p<0.016). Also, significantly association was found between PIU and Positive Symptoms Distress Index (PSDI). There were differences in terms of the means of OCS and subscales of OCS; social comfort, loneliness/depression, distraction and diminished impulse control between with and without PIU groups. Additionally, there were differences in terms of the means of total BSI and subscales of BSI; anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, somatization and hostility between with and without PIU groups. This study results indicate that having psychiatric symptoms is indicator of high level of PIU in university students, earlier intervention of psychiatric symptoms will be prevent the problematic internet.     Â
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Keywords: Problematic Internet use; psychiatric sypmtoms; university students
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