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Addiction Medicine
Studies from X.L. Ni and co-researchers yield new data on addiction medicine
July 13th, 2009
"The prevalence of Internet addiction and influential factors associated with Internet addiction among freshmen college students were investigated in this study. A total of 3557 first-year university students from a university in northwest China were surveyed with Young's 20-item Internet Addiction Test (IAT) questionnaire, a Self-Rating Depression scale (SDS), a Self-Rating Anxiety scale (SAS), and a basic information questionnaire," researchers in Xian, People's Republic of China report. "A rate of 6.44% of the participants surveyed showed Internet addiction. The students with Internet addiction had higher scores of SDS and SAS compared with those without Internet...
Source: Mental Health Weekly Digest (2009-07-13)
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