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Analysis of the content consumed by internet addicted adolescents of central siberia: Gender and age differences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

N. Semenova ,
S. Tereshchenko ,
L. Evert L ,
Y. Kostyuchenko  and
M. Shubina
N. Semenova*
Affiliation:
Scientific Research Institute For Medical Problems Of The North, Federal Budgetary Scientific Institution «Federal Research Centre «Krasnoyarsk Scientific Centre of Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences», Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation
S. Tereshchenko
Affiliation:
Scientific Research Institute For Medical Problems Of The North, Federal Budgetary Scientific Institution «Federal Research Centre «Krasnoyarsk Scientific Centre of Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences», Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation
L. Evert L
Affiliation:
Scientific Research Institute For Medical Problems Of The North, Federal Budgetary Scientific Institution «Federal Research Centre «Krasnoyarsk Scientific Centre of Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences», Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation
Y. Kostyuchenko
Affiliation:
Scientific Research Institute For Medical Problems Of The North, Federal Budgetary Scientific Institution «Federal Research Centre «Krasnoyarsk Scientific Centre of Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences», Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation
M. Shubina
Affiliation:
Scientific Research Institute For Medical Problems Of The North, Federal Budgetary Scientific Institution «Federal Research Centre «Krasnoyarsk Scientific Centre of Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences», Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Teenagers’ Internet addiction can be supported by a wide variety of Internet content.

Objectives

To study the structure of the content consumed by Siberian adolescents with Internet addiction.

Methods

200 (69 boys and 131 girls) Internet addicted adolescents aged 11-18 years and living in the urban area of Central Siberia (Krasnoyarsk) were surveyed. Content consumption was studied using Game Addiction Scale for Adolescents and The Social Media Disorder Scale.

Results

19.0% of adolescents were addicted to Internet games, 22.5% of adolescents were addicted to social media. A combination of both types of addictions was found in 23.5% of adolescents. Other types of content addiction was found in 35% of adolescents. Boys prefer Internet games (62.3% of boys vs. 32.1% of girls), while girls prefer communication on social media (55.0% of girls vs. 29.0% of boys), p <0.001. Combined addiction is observed equally in both sexes (23.2% and 23.7% respectively). For older adolescents, there is observed a decrease in the interest to Internet games (from 48.4% at 11-14 y.o. to 37.6% at 15-18 y.o.) and to social media (from 49.5% to 43.1%). At the same time, interest to other types of content is growing (from 27.5% to 41.3%).

Conclusions

Boys with internet addiction are more likely to be addicted to internet games, while girls are more likely to get engaged in social media. Older adolescents show a decrease in the interest both to Internet games and social media, while their interest to other types of content increases. The study was funded by RFBR project № 18-29-2203218.

Conflict of interest

The study was funded by RFBR project № 18-29-2203218.

Keywords

InternetAddictionSiberiaadolescents
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S578 - S579
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