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1653 – The Developemnt Of Adaptive And Maladaptive Patterns Of Internet Use Among European Adolescents At Risk For Internet Addictive Behaviors: a Grounded Theory Inquiry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

M. Dreier ,
E. Tzavela ,
K. Wölfling ,
F. Mavromati ,
E. Duven ,
C. Karakitsou ,
G. Macarie ,
L. Veldhuis ,
S. Wójcik  and
E. Halapi
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M. Dreier
Affiliation:
Outpatient Clinic for Computer Game and Internet Addictive Behaviour Mainz/ Clinic and Polyclinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at the University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz (UMC-Mainz), Mainz, Germany
E. Tzavela
Affiliation:
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (N.K.U.A.), Second Dept. of Pediatrics, P & A. Kyriakou Children's Hospital, Adolescent Health Unit (A.H.U.)
K. Wölfling
Affiliation:
Outpatient Clinic for Computer Game and Internet Addictive Behaviour Mainz/ Clinic and Polyclinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at the University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz (UMC-Mainz), Mainz, Germany
F. Mavromati
Affiliation:
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (N.K.U.A.), Second Dept. of Pediatrics, P & A. Kyriakou Children's Hospital, Adolescent Health Unit (A.H.U.)
E. Duven
Affiliation:
Outpatient Clinic for Computer Game and Internet Addictive Behaviour Mainz/ Clinic and Polyclinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at the University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz (UMC-Mainz), Mainz, Germany
C. Karakitsou
Affiliation:
Deree, The American College of Greece, Athens, Greece
G. Macarie
Affiliation:
Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi (UMF), Iasi, Romania
L. Veldhuis
Affiliation:
IVO Addiction Research Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
S. Wójcik
Affiliation:
Nobody's Children Foundation (NCF), Warszawa, Poland
E. Halapi
Affiliation:
University of Akureyri (UNAK), Akureyri, Iceland
H. Sigursteinsdottir
Affiliation:
University of Akureyri (UNAK), Akureyri, Iceland
A. Oliaga
Affiliation:
PROTEGELES, Madrid, Spain
A. Tsitsika
Affiliation:
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (N.K.U.A.), Second Dept. of Pediatrics, P & A. Kyriakou Children's Hospital, Adolescent Health Unit (A.H.U.)

Abstract

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Introduction

Full findings from the European Commission funded EU-NET-ADB study (Safer Internet Programme) will be presented.

Objectives

Empirical findings that elucidate the development of an internet addictive behaviour are still incomplete. This is also related to risk as well as protective factors of internet use. Here a process oriented approach to identify underlying conditions of an internet addictive behaviour was chosen.

Aims

The aim of the study is to enhance the knowledge and understanding of underlying processes which lead to situation were internet addictive behaviour can evolve.

Methods

In total 124 in-depth interviews were conducted with adolescents with an age of 14-17 year. Adolescents from seven different European countries (Greece, Spain, Poland, Germany, Romania, Netherlands & Iceland) participated in this study. Eligibility was granted when adolescents scored more than 30 point or equal in the Internet Addiction Test (IAT; Young, 1998). Data analysis was conducted by use of a step-wise full version of Grounded Theory (Strauss & Corbin, 1990; 1998).

Results

Adolescents employed maladaptive and adaptive strategies in regard to their involvement in the internet. Thus different Digital Outcomes such as “I am addicted” (Stuck Online) ranging to more adaptive internet behaviour like (Juggling it All) and patterns of self-correcting (Coming Full Cycle) were identified. These Digital Outcomes were consequently linked to adolescent's developmental pathways and can be characterized by the core category “Navigating Adolescent Pathways”.

Conclusions

Contextual and developmental factors that mediate the development of an internet addictive behaviour could be identified and linked to multiple Digital Outcomes.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 28 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 21th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2013 , 28-E931
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2013
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