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KMID : 0870520100140010003
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Journal of Korean Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
2010 Volume.14 No. 1 p.3 ~ p.9
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The Relationships Between Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Symptoms and Internet Addiction, Depression, and Anxiety in Elementary-School Students
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Lyu Mi
Kim Keun-Hyang
Hong Hyun-Ju
Choi Tai-Kiu
Yook Ki-Hwan
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Abstract
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Objectives：This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Symptoms and Internet
Addiction, Depression, and Anxiety in Elementary-school Students.
Methods：Participants were 477 children, ranging from the 4th to the 6th grade in elementary school and their parents. The participants completed the following measures; the Korean version of the parent ADHD Rating Scale (K-ARS), the Korean
version of the Conners Parent Rating Scale (K-CPRS), the Korean version of the Child Behavior Checklist (K-CBCL), the
Young’s Internet Addiction Test (IAT), the Children’s Depression inventory (CDI), and the Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS).
Results：ADHD symptoms, depression, and anxiety symptoms were significantly related to Internet addiction severity. After we controlled for the effects of sex, depression, and anxiety symptoms, ADHD symptoms predicted Internet addiction
severity, as parent-reported and as child-reported. However, there were some differences between parent-report scale scores and child-report scale scores. In the parent reports, ADHD symptoms correlated more significantly with Internet addiction than with either depression or anxiety symptoms, whereas the child reports, depression contributed more to Internet addiction than did ADHD symptoms.
Conclusion：These results suggest we might need to pay more attention to diagnosing and treating Internet addiction,
since different informants could be reporting the variables affecting internet addiction differently.
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KEYWORD
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Internet addiction, ADHD, Depression, Anxiety
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