The Assessment of the Relationship Between Problematic Internet Use and Parent-Adolescent Relationship Quality, Loneliness, Anger, and Problem Solving Skills

2016-07-25T17-20-02Z
Source: Düşünen Adam: The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences
Gülen Say, Ayşegül Durak Batıgün.
Objective: The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between problematic internet use, and parent-adolescent relationship quality, loneliness, anger, and problem solving skills. Another aim of the current study was to find out differences related to sociodemographic variables, such as gender and socioeconomic status, in problematic internet use. Method: 402 university students (243 females, and 159 males) participated to the study. Online Cognition Scale, Quality of Parent-Adolescent Relationship Scale, UCLA Loneliness Scale, Problem Solving Inventory and Multidimensional Anger Inventory were used. Results: The results revealed that 16.4% of the participants scored high on problematic internet use and spent 2.7 hours (S=1.23) a day on the internet on average. The mediating roles of anger, problem solving skills, and loneliness on the relationship between parent-adolescent relationship quality and problematic internet use were analyzed and all of these variables were found to mediate negative parent-adolescent relationship quality and problematic internet use. Discussion: These results provide helpful tips that can be used in the prevention and intervention programs related to problematic internet use. Psychological counseling and psychotherapy practices might include the strengthening of the relationship between adolescents with problematic internet use and their parents. Moreover, following the assessment of their loneliness, and anger levels, and problem solving skills, interventions related to communications skills, anger management, and problem solving approaches might decrease their problematic internet use.


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