Effects of Internet and Smartphone Addictions on Depression and Anxiety Based on Propensity Score Matching Analysis
- 주제(키워드) anxiety , depression , Internet addiction , smartphone addiction , propensity score
- 주제(기타) Environmental Sciences; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
- 설명문(일반) [Kim, Yeon-Jin] SMG SNU Boramae Med Ctr, Dept Psychiat, Seoul 07061, South Korea; [Jang, Hye Min; Lee, Donghwan] Ewha Womans Univ, Dept Stat, Seoul 03760, South Korea; [Lee, Youngjo] Seoul Natl Univ, Dept Stat, Seoul 08826, South Korea; [Kim, Dai-Jin] Catholic Univ Korea, Coll Med, Dept Psychiat, Seoul St Marys Hosp, Seoul 06591, South Korea
- 등재 SCIE, SSCI, SCOPUS
- 발행기관 MDPI
- 발행년도 2018
- URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ewha/000000151800
- 본문언어 영어
- Published As http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15050859
초록/요약
The associations of Internet addiction (IA) and smartphone addiction (SA) with mental health problems have been widely studied. We investigated the effects of IA and SA on depression and anxiety while adjusting for sociodemographic variables. In this study, 4854 participants completed a cross-sectional web-based survey including socio-demographic items, the Korean Scale for Internet Addiction, the Smartphone Addiction Proneness Scale, and the subscales of the Symptom Checklist 90 Items-Revised. The participants were classified into IA, SA, and normal use (NU) groups. To reduce sampling bias, we applied the propensity score matching method based on genetics matching. The IA group showed an increased risk of depression (relative risk 1.207; p < 0.001) and anxiety (relative risk 1.264; p < 0.001) compared to NUs. The SA group also showed an increased risk of depression (relative risk 1.337; p < 0.001) and anxiety (relative risk 1.402; p < 0.001) compared to NCs. These findings show that both, IA and SA, exerted significant effects on depression and anxiety. Moreover, our findings showed that SA has a stronger relationship with depression and anxiety, stronger than IA, and emphasized the need for prevention and management policy of the excessive smartphone use.
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