Ali Ahangarnasab; Mahdiyeh Azizi; Mohsen Saeedmanesh
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Adolescence is the period of a lifetime when many physical and mental changes happen and thus make adolescents vulnerable to mental issues that must be well-recognized and figure out proper solutions to solve the problems and improve their ability to cope with difficult situations. Purpose: This study ...
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Adolescence is the period of a lifetime when many physical and mental changes happen and thus make adolescents vulnerable to mental issues that must be well-recognized and figure out proper solutions to solve the problems and improve their ability to cope with difficult situations. Purpose: This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation on internet addiction, cognitive inhibition, and emotional control of internet-addicted adolescents. Methods: This is a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest study with a control group. The research population was adolescents from two schools in Yazd. We chose 30 of them with the availability sampling method for the sample group. after that, we randomly put them into experimental and control groups. Before any intervention pretest was taken from them. Then the experimental group received cognitive rehabilitation intervention in 8 sessions. At the end of the interventions, a post-test was taken from both experimental and control groups. To evaluate internet addiction Kimberly young's internet addiction scale was used. To evaluate cognitive inhibition Boshra scale was used. William's emotional control scale was used to evaluate emotional control. Results: Data were analyzed with analysis of covariance which indicated the effectiveness of the cognitive rehabilitation approach to reduce internet addiction, and improve cognitive inhibition and emotional control levels (p<0.05). Conclusions: cognitive rehabilitation approach is effective to reduce internet addiction in adolescents, and improve their cognitive skills and inhibitory system. Also, this approach could be effective to enhance emotional control for them.
Hadi Salimi; kobra Hajializade; Mojtaba Ameri Siahoui; Parisa Behdost
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COVID-19 creates stressful conditions and can affect marital and family relationships. Therefore this study was done aimed to investigate the role of Corona stress (CS) mediators in relationship between internet addiction (IA) and marital and family conflict and violence (MCV, FCV). The method of this ...
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COVID-19 creates stressful conditions and can affect marital and family relationships. Therefore this study was done aimed to investigate the role of Corona stress (CS) mediators in relationship between internet addiction (IA) and marital and family conflict and violence (MCV, FCV). The method of this study was descriptive and path analysis. The statistical population included all residents of Bandar Abbas in 2020, that 421 subject were selected using Random sampling method and were divided into married groups (229) and single (192). The data were collected online. Corona Stress Scale (CSS-18), Marital and Family Conflict and Violence Questionnaire and Internet Addiction Test (IAT) were used for gathering data. Data Analyzing was conducted with Pearson correlation, multiple regression, and path analysis and also SPSS-22 software and the Preacher and Hayes macro program. The results of the data analysis showed that IA and CS can explain 26.5% of MCV variance and 19.1% of FCV variance. IA can also explain 19.4% of CS variance in group of married people and 13.6% in group of single people. Also, the results of indirect effects showed that IA through CS has a 7.4% effect on MCV and 12.2% has an indirect effect on FCV. According to the findings of this study, the harmful use of the internet during the Corona period causes people to experience a level of stress, and this stress can enter the marital and family boundaries, resulting in marital and family conflicts and violence.
mahdi khanjani; fereshteh ghanbari; Ebrahim Naeimi
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between family function, attachment style and parenting styles with Internet addiction in adolescents. The present study was descriptive and correlation study method, among the statistical population of the present study, all female students ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between family function, attachment style and parenting styles with Internet addiction in adolescents. The present study was descriptive and correlation study method, among the statistical population of the present study, all female students aged 12 to 18 years in the 5th district of Tehran in the second half of the academic year of 1959-96 had 2688, A sample of 338 people was selected by cluster sampling and assessed by Collins and Reid Adult Inventory, Shepherd Parenting Styles, Internet addiction and Family Measurement Tool were evaluated. Data were analyzed using SPSS-22 software and descriptive and inferential statistics including correlation and stepwise regression were used. The results of data analysis showed that family function and parenting styles and secure attachment style had a negative relationship with internet addiction, there is a significant positive correlation between ambivalent attachment styles and avoidance of internet addiction. It is suggested that the results of this study be used in the design of juvenile addiction treatment training programs.
