Internet is now a tool available 24 hours a day, at a lower cost and accessible almost anywhere. Internet addiction could be defined as the inability to control one's Internet use and the continuation of this behavior despite the occurrence of negative consequences. Adolescence is a time of vulnerability to addiction, due to social and neurobiological factors.
The aim of the study is to evaluate prevalence of internet addiction among adolescent attending high school
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
4,750
evaluation of internet addiction
Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne
Reims, France
RECRUITINGinternet addiction
Internet addiction evaluated using Compulsive Internet Use Scale (CIUS-9). CIUS-9 includes 9 items. Each item is coded from 0 to 4 points. The overall score ranges from 0 to 36 points. The higher the score, the more compulsive the internet behavior. A score greater than or equal to 18 defines an internet addiction.
Time frame: Day 0
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