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