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Relationship between internet addiction and alexithymia among university students.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Baysan-Arslan, Seher Cebeci, Sevsen Altinay Kaya, Mehmet Caglar Canbal, Metin |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | PURPOSE Epidemiological studies concerning internet addiction found that 50% of internet addicts also have other kinds of psychiatric disorders. This study aims to examine the relationship between alexithymia and internet addiction levels among Turgut Özal University students in Ankara, Turkey. METHOD University students (1,107 students; 452 students from 12 associate degree programs and 655 students from 10 undergraduate programs) participated in the study. The researchers used the personal information form, the Toronto Alexithymia Scale and the Internet Addiction Scale. The approval for the current study was received from the Turgut Özal University Medical Faculty Clinical Studies Ethics Committee. RESULTS The number of the alexithymic students was 12.5% whereas the number of the students who were internet addicts was 13.5%. The internet addiction scores were higher among alexithymic individuals than the non-alexithymic (p. |
| Starting Page | 27513 |
| Ending Page | 27513 |
| Page Count | 1 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.25011/cim.v39i6.27513 |
| PubMed reference number | 27917803 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 39 |
| Issue Number | 6 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://cimonline.ca/index.php/cim/article/download/27513/20275 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.25011/cim.v39i6.27513 |
| Journal | Clinical and investigative medicine. Medecine clinique et experimentale |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |