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Traumatic experiences, alexithymia, and Internet addiction symptoms among late adolescents: A moderated mediation analysis.
Schimmenti, Adriano; Passanisi, Alessia; Caretti, Vincenzo et al.
2017In Addictive Behaviors, 64, p. 314-320
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Keywords :
Alexithymia; Gender differences; Internet addiction; Late adolescence; Moderated mediation; Traumatic experiences
Abstract :
[en] The association between traumatic experiences, alexithymia, and substance abuse is well established. Less is known about the role of traumatic experiences and alexithymia in the onset and maintenance of Internet-related disorders. In the present study, self-report measures on traumatic experiences, alexithymia, and problematic Internet use were administered to 358 high school students (57% females) aged 18-19years old, to test whether alexithymic traits mediated the relationship between traumatic experiences and Internet addiction symptoms, and whether gender moderated the proposed mediation in the sample. While partial mediation occurred in the entire sample, gender directly affected the relationship between the investigated constructs: Internet addiction symptoms were independently related to traumatic experiences among males, and to alexithymic traits among females. Therefore, the results of this study suggest that trauma memories among males, and problems with affect regulation among females, may increase the risk of problematic Internet use during late adolescence. Such findings might have relevant implications to inform any treatment plan for late adolescent students who are overinvolved with online activities, pointing out that tailored approaches to their problems and difficulties are particularly needed in clinical practice.
Disciplines :
Treatment & clinical psychology
Author, co-author :
Schimmenti, Adriano
Passanisi, Alessia
Caretti, Vincenzo
La Marca, Luana
Granieri, Antonella
Iacolino, Calogero
Gervasi, Alessia M.
Maganuco, Noemi R.
Billieux, Joël ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE)
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Traumatic experiences, alexithymia, and Internet addiction symptoms among late adolescents: A moderated mediation analysis.
Publication date :
2017
Journal title :
Addictive Behaviors
ISSN :
0306-4603
Publisher :
Elsevier, United Kingdom
Volume :
64
Pages :
314-320
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Commentary :
Copyright (c) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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