AUTHOR=Fan Tianqing , Twayigira Mireille , Song Lintong , Luo Xuerong , Huang Chunxiang , Gao Xueping , Shen Yanmei TITLE=Prevalence and associated factors of internet addiction among Chinese adolescents: association with childhood trauma JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health VOLUME=Volume 11 - 2023 YEAR=2023 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1172109 DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2023.1172109 ISSN=2296-2565 ABSTRACT=Introduction: Internet Addiction (IA) is common among adolescents and may have severe consequences.This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and factors associated with IA among middle school students of Hunan Province, China. Relevance between IA and childhood trauma was also explored.Methods: 1610 students were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. Data collected included demographics; internet addiction (Revised-Chen Internet addiction scale); childhood trauma (CTQ-SF); depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms (DASS-21); suicidal behaviors, as well as non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI). Cramer's V analysis, univariable logistic regression and multivariable logistic regression were used for associations and identifying independent relevance of IA respectively.The prevalence of IA was 12.8 %. Cramer's V analysis showed that IA was associated with emotional abuse, emotional and physical neglect, NSSI, suicidal behaviors, stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms, physical disorder history. Regression analysis showed that IA was independently associated with