Substance Use Disorders
Conditions
Brief summary
Pathological internet use is a blanket term for problematic behavior types (e.g. uncontrolled gaming, cyber pornography, cyber mobbing and excessive use of social media): all perpetrated through the internet. There is little documentation or research on interdependencies/interplay between problematic internet and/or media use and child-adolescent disturbances. Very few clinical examples of syndromes like attention deficiency/hyperactivity (ADHS), anxiety disorder or affective disturbances associated with pathological media/internet use, or gaming, are found in literature.
Interventions
DIAGNOSTIC_TESTscreening questionnaire
Fill in screening questionnaire
Sponsors
Susanne Walitza
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
8 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* male and female patients ages from 8 - 18 years * All study participants or their legal representative have given written permission for their experiences to be documented in the study.
Exclusion criteria
* Inability to understand explanations and the questionnaire, whether linguistic or cognitative
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Symptoms severity of problematic internet and media use | 3 months | The clinician screening questionnaire (PUI) contains 9 items designed to assess severity of problematic internet and media use of obsessive and compulsive in children and adolescents.The test uses a 4-point scale to rate severity of problematic internet and media use. Higher score means a worse outcome. |
Countries
Switzerland
Contacts
Primary ContactSusanne Walitza, Prof. Dr. med. Dipl.-Psych.
Backup ContactRenate Drechsler, Prof. Dr. phil.
Outcome results
None listed