Is internet use unhealthy?

Helena Fonseca

doi:10.4414/smw.2014.14071

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Vol. 144 No. 4950 (2014)

Is internet use unhealthy?

Helena Fonseca

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2014.14071
Cite this as:: Swiss Med Wkly. 2014;144:w14071
Published: 30.11.2014

References

Shapira N, Lessig M, Goldsmith T, Szabo S, Lazoritz M, Gold M, et al. Problematic Internet use: proposed classification and diagnostic criteria. Depress Anxiety. 2003;17:207–16.
American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. Arlington, VA, American Psychiatric Association, 2013.
Suris JC, Akre C, Piguet C, Ambresin AE, Zimmermann G, Berchtold A. Is Internet use unhealthy? A cross-sectional study of adolescent Internet overuse. Swiss Med Wkly. 2014;144:w14061. http://www.smw.ch/content/smw-2014-14061
Do YK, Shin E, Bautista MA, Foo K. The associations between self-reported sleep duration and adolescent health outcomes: what is the role of time spent on Internet use? Sleep Med. 2013;14:195–200.
Yen CF, Ko CH, Yen JY, Cheng CP. The multidimensional correlates associated with short nocturnal sleep duration and subjective insomnia among Taiwanese adolescents. Sleep. 2008;31:1515–25.
Chou C. Internet heavy use and addiction among Taiwanese college students: an online interview study. Cyberpsychol Behav. 2001;4:573–85.
Choi K, Son H, Park M, Han J, Kim K, Lee B, et al. Internet overuse and excessive daytime sleepiness in adolescents. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2009;63:455–62.
Kim JH, Lau CH, Cheuk KK, Kan P, Hui HL, Griffiths SM. Brief report: Predictors of heavy Internet use and associations with health-promoting and health risk behaviors among Hong Kong university students. J Adolesc. 2010;33(1):215–20.
Cheung LM, Wong WS. The effects of insomnia and internet addiction on depression in Hong Kong Chinese adolescents: an exploratory cross-sectional analysis. J Sleep Res. 2011;20:311–7.
Belanger RE, Akre C, Berchtold A, Michaud PA. A U-shaped association between intensity of Internet use and adolescent health. Pediatrics. 2011;127:e330–e335.
Suris JC, Akre C, Ambresin A-E, Berchtold A, Piguet C, Zimmermann G. Problematic internet use and substance use in adolescence. J Adolesc Health. 2014;54:2S:S8.
Morrison CM, Gore H. The relationship between excessive internet use and depression: A questionnaire-based study of 1,319 young people and adults. Psychopathology. 2010;43:121–26.
Chahal H, Fung C, Kuhle S, Veugelers PJ. Availability and night-time use of electronic entertainment and communication devices are associated with short sleep duration and obesity among Canadian children. Pediatric Obesity. 2012;8:42–51.
American Academy of Pediatrics. Children, adolescents, obesity, and the media. Pediatrics. 2011;128:201–8.

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Fonseca H. Is internet use unhealthy?. Swiss Med Wkly [Internet]. 2014 Nov. 30 [cited 2024 Nov. 21];144(4950):w14071. Available from: https://smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/1948

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[1] Shapira N, Lessig M, Goldsmith T, Szabo S, Lazoritz M, Gold M, et al. Problematic Internet use: proposed classification and diagnostic criteria. Depress Anxiety. 2003;17:207–16.

[2] American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. Arlington, VA, American Psychiatric Association, 2013.

[3] Suris JC, Akre C, Piguet C, Ambresin AE, Zimmermann G, Berchtold A. Is Internet use unhealthy? A cross-sectional study of adolescent Internet overuse. Swiss Med Wkly. 2014;144:w14061. http://www.smw.ch/content/smw-2014-14061

[4] Do YK, Shin E, Bautista MA, Foo K. The associations between self-reported sleep duration and adolescent health outcomes: what is the role of time spent on Internet use? Sleep Med. 2013;14:195–200.

[5] Yen CF, Ko CH, Yen JY, Cheng CP. The multidimensional correlates associated with short nocturnal sleep duration and subjective insomnia among Taiwanese adolescents. Sleep. 2008;31:1515–25.

[6] Chou C. Internet heavy use and addiction among Taiwanese college students: an online interview study. Cyberpsychol Behav. 2001;4:573–85.

[7] Choi K, Son H, Park M, Han J, Kim K, Lee B, et al. Internet overuse and excessive daytime sleepiness in adolescents. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2009;63:455–62.

[8] Kim JH, Lau CH, Cheuk KK, Kan P, Hui HL, Griffiths SM. Brief report: Predictors of heavy Internet use and associations with health-promoting and health risk behaviors among Hong Kong university students. J Adolesc. 2010;33(1):215–20.

[9] Cheung LM, Wong WS. The effects of insomnia and internet addiction on depression in Hong Kong Chinese adolescents: an exploratory cross-sectional analysis. J Sleep Res. 2011;20:311–7.

[10] Belanger RE, Akre C, Berchtold A, Michaud PA. A U-shaped association between intensity of Internet use and adolescent health. Pediatrics. 2011;127:e330–e335.

[11] Suris JC, Akre C, Ambresin A-E, Berchtold A, Piguet C, Zimmermann G. Problematic internet use and substance use in adolescence. J Adolesc Health. 2014;54:2S:S8.

[12] Morrison CM, Gore H. The relationship between excessive internet use and depression: A questionnaire-based study of 1,319 young people and adults. Psychopathology. 2010;43:121–26.

[13] Chahal H, Fung C, Kuhle S, Veugelers PJ. Availability and night-time use of electronic entertainment and communication devices are associated with short sleep duration and obesity among Canadian children. Pediatric Obesity. 2012;8:42–51.

[14] American Academy of Pediatrics. Children, adolescents, obesity, and the media. Pediatrics. 2011;128:201–8.