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The impact of internet addiction on the mental health of college students from the central area of Portugal

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dc.contributor.authorCabral, Lídia
dc.contributor.authorDuarte, João
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Alda
dc.contributor.authorNeves, Leandro
dc.contributor.authorFonseca, Mickael
dc.contributor.authorMarques, Sabrina
dc.contributor.authorGonçalves, Amadeu
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-10T10:21:31Z
dc.date.available2020-09-30T00:30:10Z
dc.date.issued2016-09
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Mental health has an imperative roll in general health, and it’s known that most mental and physical diseases are influenced by a combination of biological, psychological and social factors, in which takes place the Internet addiction. Objectives: identify the sociodemographic variables that influence the mental health of college students; identify academic variables that influence the mental health of college student. Methods: Quantitative, descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional study with 511 college students of the Central Region of Portugal. It was used a questionnaire on sociodemographic and academic context, and were used the following scales: Mental Health Scale – PhD José Luís Pais Ribeiro (2011); Internet Addiction Test, Portuguese version by Pontes e Patrão (2013). Results: Mostly female students, standing largely in the age group of 17-21 years, living in urban areas, with an average family income. Younger students have high addition to the internet (62.2%). Sex interfere with the mental health of students. The lower the negative impact of adding Internet emotions / feelings and lower its negative impact on daily life, the less anxiety, depression and loss of emotional / behavioral control of college students. The negative impact on daily life establishes a direct relationship with the positive affect, indicating that the greater the negative impact, less positive affect students. Conclusions: The results obtained point to the need to implement mental health programs, by conducting two workshops, promoting social interaction among students, to help them find more effective ways to respond to the daily challenges.pt_PT
dc.identifier.citationCabral, L., Duarte, J., Oliveira, A., Neves, L., Fonseca, M., Marques S., & Gonçalves, A. (2016). The impact of internet addiction on the mental health of college students from the central area of Portugal. Atención Primaria, 48(Espec Cong 1), 253-258. Retrieved http://www.elsevier.es/es-revista-atencion-primaria-27-articulo-the-impact-internet-addiction-on-X0212656716593834pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn0212-6567
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.19/3366
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherElsevierpt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.elsevier.es/es-revista-atencion-primaria-27-articulo-the-impact-internet-addiction-on-X0212656716593834pt_PT
dc.subjectCollege Studentspt_PT
dc.subjectMental Healthpt_PT
dc.subjectInternet Addictionpt_PT
dc.titleThe impact of internet addiction on the mental health of college students from the central area of Portugalpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage258pt_PT
oaire.citation.issueEspec Cong 1pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage253pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleAtención Primariapt_PT
oaire.citation.volume48pt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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