Suicidal ideation, tendencies, attempts and self-injuries in adolescents who are at risk of Internet addiction and who are addicted to the mobile phone
Journal Title: Current Problems of Psychiatry - Year 2012, Vol 13, Issue 4
Abstract
The aim of the work was the verification of the hypothesis assuming that adolescents who are at risk of Internet addiction and mobile phone addiction more often report suicidal ideation, plan suicide, attempt suicide and self-injure as compared to the adolescents who are not at risk of these behavioural addictions. Material and methods: The group consisting of 291 junior high school students and high school students (188 girls and 103 boys)was examined using the Questionnaire designed by the authors, the Internet Addiction Test by Young and Mobile Phone Addiction Assessment Questionnaire by Potembska and Pawłowska. Results and conclusions: Based on the obtained results the following conclusions were formulated: 1. Significantly more adolescents at risk of Internet addiction thought of committing suicide or planned suicide as compared to those were not at risk of Internet addiction 2. Significantly more adolescents at risk of Internet addiction self-injure as compared to those adolescents who are not at risk of Internet addiction. 3. Significantly more adolescents at risk of mobile phone addiction showed suicidal ideation and planned suicide as compared to those adolescents who are not at risk of this addiction. 4. Significantly more adolescents at risk of mobile phone addiction carried out self-harm as compared to those adolescents who are not at risk of this addiction.
Authors and Affiliations
Emilia Potembska
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP153153
- DOI -
- Views 91
- Downloads 0
Sposób postrzegania własnej choroby jako czynnik wyznaczający jej akceptację u osób chorych na łuszczycę
Akceptacja choroby jest dla wielu pacjentów problemem, z którym zmagają się przez cały czas jej trwania. Modyfikacja znaczenia choroby, a poprzez to wzrost jej akceptacji, może pozytywnie wpływać na zaangażowanie pacjent...
Czy neuronauka może być orężem prawników?
Filozofia, etyka i nauki prawne od wieków skupiają się na poszukiwaniu wyjaśnienia zagadnień moralności, wolnej woli odpowiedzialności i winy. Poszukiwania te w coraz większym stopniu odnoszą się do zdobyczy nauki i tech...
Osobowościowe funkcjonowanie pacjentów z diagnozą stwardnienia rozsianego w fazie nasilenia i remisji objawów
Cel. Celem przeprowadzonych badań było udzielenie odpowiedzi na następujące pytanie badawcze: czy i w zakresie jakich cech obrazu siebie występują różnice między pacjentami w remisji a pacjentami w fazie nasilenia objawó...
Stanisław Dutkiewicz – a gift realised by disease
Stanisław Dutkiewicz lived from 1923 to 2003. He was a lawyer, a famous painter and a graphic artist. He lived in Grodzisk Mazowiecki. In the early years of his life he was diagnosed as having the bipolar affective disor...
Institutional approach as a possibility of amplification of research in psychological and interdisciplinary spheres
The article is aimed at discussing theoretical issues of examining the possibility of using institutional approach in psychological science. It is emphasized that complementarity of interrelated scientific fields of know...