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  • Title: Exploring depression, self-esteem and verbal fluency with different degrees of internet addiction among Chinese college students.
    Author: Nie J, Zhang W, Liu Y.
    Journal: Compr Psychiatry; 2017 Jan; 72():114-120. PubMed ID: 27810547.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: The aims of this study were to explore depression, self-esteem and verbal fluency functions among normal internet users, mild internet addictions and severe internet addictions. METHODS: The survey sample consisted of 316 college students, and their internet addiction symptoms, depression and self-esteem symptoms were assessed using the Revised Chen Internet Addiction Scale (CIAS-R), Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (ZSDS), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), respectively. From this sample, 16 students with non-addictions, 19 students with mild internet addiction (sub-MIA) and 15 students with severe internet addiction (sub-SIA) were recruited and subjected to the classical verbal fluency tests, including the semantic and phonemic fluency task. RESULTS: The results indicated that severe internet addiction in the survey sample showed the highest tendency towards depressive symptoms and lowest self-esteem scores, and sub-SIA showed poor performance on the semantic fluency task. CONCLUSION: In conclusion, severe internet addiction was significantly associated with depression, low self-esteem and semantic verbal fluency problems.
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