Alcohol consumption and the risk of Internet addiction in teenagers aged 13-17 years living in the urban and rural areas

Authors

  • Maciej Zygo Prof. Mieczysław Kaczyński Neuropsychiatric Hospital in Lublin Independent Public Healthcare Establishment, Poland Author
  • Emilia Potembska Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Medical University in Lublin, Poland Author
  • Karol Zygo Department of Ethics and Human Philosophy, Medical University in Lublin, Poland Author
  • Andrzej Stanisławek Department of Oncology, Medical University in Lublin, Poland Author
  • Łukasz Karaś Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery SP ZOZ Hospital in Łęczna, Poland Author
  • Beata Pawłowska 2nd Department of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Medical University in Lublin, Poland Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1515/cpp-2017-0010

Keywords:

Internet addiction, alcohol, adolescents

Abstract

The aim of this paper was to determine differences and similarities between city dwelling teenagers aged 13-17 years who consumed/did not consume alcohol and their rural counterparts in regard to the severity of Internet addiction symptoms.

Participants and methods: The examined group consisted of 1,191 people (890 girls and 301 boys) aged 13-17 years. The following instruments were used in the study: a sociodemographic questionnaire designed by the present authors, the Internet Addiction Questionnaire designed by Potembska, and the Internet Addiction Questionnaire (KBUI) designed by Pawłowska and Potembska.

Results: The results show that adolescents who consume alcohol, both those living in urban and rural areas, are characterized by statistically significantly more severe Internet addiction symptoms measured by KBUI as compared to their non-drinking peers.

Conclusions:

  1. Adolescents who consume alcohol, both urban and rural residents, are characterised by statistically significantly more severe symptoms of Internet addiction compared to their peers who do not consume alcohol.
  2. Adolescents who live in a city and who consume alcohol are significantly more likely to use Internet pornography than their non-drinking peers.
  3. Adolescents who live in urban areas are significantly more likely to use Internet pornography, play violent computer games and search for acceptance and understanding only in online interactions as compared to adolescents who do not consume alcohol.
  4. Underage city-dwellers who consume alcohol are significantly more likely to use electronic mail, instant messaging and web pages compared to their rural peers.

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2017-08-04

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Vol. 18 No. 2 (2017): Current Problems of Psychiatry

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