Pregled bibliografske jedinice broj: 1223409
Internet addiction in the Croatian student population during the COVID-19 pandemic
Internet addiction in the Croatian student population during the COVID-19 pandemic // 21st Congress of European Union for School and University Health and Medicine „School and adolescent health priorities: Rethinking- Redefining-Responding“ and 6th Croatian congress of school and university medicine “Zdravstvena zaštita studentske populacije”
Split: European Union for School and University Health and Medicine and Croatian Society for School and University Medicine, 2022. str. 76-76 (poster, međunarodna recenzija, sažetak, znanstveni)
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Naslov
Internet addiction in the Croatian student
population during the COVID-19 pandemic
Autori
Miškulin, Maja ; Pavlović, Nika ; Musil, Vera ; Kovačević, Jelena ; Miškulin, Ivan
Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni
Izvornik
21st Congress of European Union for School and University Health and Medicine „School and adolescent health priorities: Rethinking- Redefining-Responding“ and 6th Croatian congress of school and university medicine “Zdravstvena zaštita studentske populacije”
/ - Split : European Union for School and University Health and Medicine and Croatian Society for School and University Medicine, 2022, 76-76
Skup
21st Congress of European Union for School and University Health and Medicine „School and adolescent health priorities: Rethinking- Redefining-Responding“ and 6th Croatian congress of school and university medicine “Zdravstvena zaštita studentske populacije”
Mjesto i datum
Split, Hrvatska, 29.09.2022. - 02.10.2022
Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster
Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija
Ključne riječi
internet addiction ; university students ; risk factors ; COVID-19 pandemic ; Croatia
Sažetak
Aims: During the COVID-19 pandemic university students commonly used the internet for different purposes and prolonged time spent online during the pandemic posed itself as a significant risk factor for the development of internet addiction. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and features of internet addiction in Croatian university students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and Methods: In April 2022 a cross- sectional study that employed a validated, anonymous questionnaire containing questions regarding demographic data, as well as Young’s Internet Addiction Test, was conducted in a cross- faculty representative student sample of the University of Osijek in Eastern Croatia. Results: The study sample included 792 university students, the median age was 21 years (interquartile range 20-22), 40.3% males, and 59.7% females. The overall prevalence of internet addiction was 71.7%. There were 48.7%, 20.7%, and 2.3%, students with mild, moderate, and severe internet addiction, respectively. The main reasons for internet usage were learning and faculty assignments (23.2%), social networking and entertainment (72.0%), and online gaming (4.8%). There were no statistically significant differences in internet addiction considering students' gender, faculty subject area, type of student housing, and students’ status of employment (p=0.574 ; p=0.070 ; p=0.864 ; and p=0.121, respectively). However, there was a statistically significant difference in internet addiction regarding the main reason for internet usage, where online gaming was much riskier in that sense in comparison to other observed reasons for internet usage (p<0.001). Conclusion: Internet addiction is a significant public health issue among Croatian university students, and the COVID- 19 pandemic made this problem even more prominent in this vulnerable population. To be able to adequately respond to this challenge with appropriate preventative measures a better understanding of risk factors for internet addiction among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic is needed.
Izvorni jezik
Engleski
Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita
POVEZANOST RADA
Projekti:
NadSve-Sveučilište J. J. Strossmayera u Osijeku-VIF 2021 - Zdravstveni pokazatelji odraslog stanovništva Hrvatske tijekom pandemije COVID-19 (Miškulin, Maja, NadSve ) ( CroRIS)
Ustanove:
Medicinski fakultet, Zagreb,
Medicinski fakultet, Osijek
Profili:
Maja Miškulin
(autor)
Jelena Kovačević
(autor)
Vera Musil
(autor)
Ivan Miškulin
(autor)
Nika Pavlović
(autor)