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Internet Addiction and Its Associated Factors among School-going Adolescents in Malaysia

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dc.contributor.authorMuhd Hafizuddin Taufik Ramli
dc.contributor.authorMuhammad Solihin Rezali
dc.contributor.authorNik Adilah Shahein
dc.contributor.authorNorhafizah Sahril
dc.contributor.authorChan Ying Ying
dc.contributor.authorNor’ Ain Ab Wahab
dc.contributor.authorMohd Shaiful Azlan Kassim
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-19T04:30:28Z
dc.date.available2024-07-19T04:30:28Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Internet usage has changed the way adolescents socialize. This study aims to determine the determinants of internet addiction among school-going adolescents in Malaysia. Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study involving 27,455 school-going adolescents from 212 selected schools in Malaysia, as part of the 2017 National Health and Morbidity Survey that implemented a two-stage stratified cluster sampling design. Data collection via a self-administered questionnaire was conducted from March till May 2017. Results: Overall, 8,049 (29.0%) school-going adolescents had internet addiction. Internet addiction was positively associated with male (odds ratio, OR [95% confidence interval, CI] = 1.20 [1.08,1.34]) compared to female, Chinese ethnicity (1.67 [1.12,2.48]) compared to other ethnicity, feeling loneliness (1.37 [1.20,1.57]) compared to never feel lonely, unable to sleep due to worrying of something (1.40 [1.17,1.67]) compared to able to sleep, insufficient parental supervision (1.30 [1.14,1.48]) compared to sufficient parental supervision, depression (1.67 [1.48,1.89]) compared to no depression, anxiety (2.12 [1.95,2.30]) compared to no anxiety and stress (2.26 [1.96,2.61]) compared to no stress. The odds of having internet addiction increase from Form 2 (1.51 [1.28,1.78]), Form 3 (2.37 [2.01,2.80]), Form 4 (2.60 [1.76,3.85]) to Form 5 adolescents (2.96 [1.98,4.41]) compared to Form 1 adolescents. Conclusions: Our results suggest that being a male, of Chinese ethnicity, higher form level, feeling loneliness, unable to sleep due to worrying of something, insufficient parental supervision, depression, anxiety and stress were positively associated with internet addiction among school-going adolescents.
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.nih.gov.my/handle/123456789/672
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPublic Health Research
dc.titleInternet Addiction and Its Associated Factors among School-going Adolescents in Malaysia
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