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Morioka, Hisayoshi Department of Social Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine
Itani, Osamu Faculty of Medicine, Oita University
Osaki, Yoneatsu Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University
Higuchi, Susumu
Jike, Maki Department of Social Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine
Kaneita, Yoshitaka Faculty of Medicine, Oita University
Kanda, Hideyuki Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University
Nakagome, Sachi Department of Social Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine
Ohida, Takashi Department of Social Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine
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BACKGROUND: This study aimed to clarify the associations between the frequency and amount of alcohol consumption and problematic Internet use, such as Internet addiction and excessive Internet use.
METHODS: A self-administered questionnaire survey was administered to students enrolled in randomly selected junior and senior high schools throughout Japan, and responses from 100,050 students (51,587 males and 48,463 females) were obtained. Multiple logistic regression analyses were performed in order to examine the associations between alcohol use and problematic Internet, use such as Internet addiction (Young Diagnostic Questionnaire for Internet Addiction ≥5) and excessive Internet use (≥5 h/day).
RESULTS: The results of multiple logistic regression analyses indicated that the adjusted odds ratios for Internet addiction (YDQ ≥5) and excessive Internet use (≥5 h/day) became higher as the number of days in which alcohol had been consumed during the previous 30 days increased. In addition, the adjusted odds ratio for excessive Internet use (≥5 h/day) indicated a dose-dependent association with the amount of alcohol consumed per session.
CONCLUSIONS: This study revealed that adolescents showing problematic Internet use consumed alcohol more frequently and consumed a greater amount of alcohol than those without problematic Internet use. These findings suggest a close association between drinking and problematic Internet use among Japanese adolescents.
Subject
Adolescent
Alcohol drinking
Cross-sectional
Internet addiction
Japan
Journal Title
Journal of epidemiology
Volume
27
Issue
3
Start Page
107
End Page
111
ISSN
09175040
Published Date
2017-03
DOI
NCID
AA10952696
Publisher
Japan Epidemiological Association
Publisher Aalternative
日本疫学会
NII Type
Journal Article
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https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jea/27/3/27_27_107/_article
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© 2016 The Authors. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of The Japan Epidemiological Association. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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