TY - JOUR
T1 - The 2-Year Course of Internet Addiction Among a Japanese Adolescent Psychiatric Clinic Sample with Autism Spectrum Disorder and/or Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
AU - So, Ryuhei
AU - Makino, Kazunori
AU - Hirota, Tomoya
AU - Fujiwara, Masaki
AU - Ocho, Kozo
AU - Ikeda, Shin
AU - Tsubouchi, Shouko
AU - Inagakip, Masatoshi
PY - 2019/11/1
Y1 - 2019/11/1
N2 - Internet addiction (IA) has been reported as prevalent in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, the course of IA in this population has not been elucidated. The authors performed a 2-year follow-up study including 89 out of 132 adolescents with ASD and/or ADHD in a psychiatric clinical setting who participated in the original cross-sectional study assessing IA prevalence. Within this sample of participants from both the original and the follow-up study, results showed a 2-year IA remission and incidence rate of 60% and 5%, respectively. Our findings imply that the course of IA in psychiatric populations with ASD and/or ADHD might be similar to reports from previous studies with general adolescent populations.
AB - Internet addiction (IA) has been reported as prevalent in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, the course of IA in this population has not been elucidated. The authors performed a 2-year follow-up study including 89 out of 132 adolescents with ASD and/or ADHD in a psychiatric clinical setting who participated in the original cross-sectional study assessing IA prevalence. Within this sample of participants from both the original and the follow-up study, results showed a 2-year IA remission and incidence rate of 60% and 5%, respectively. Our findings imply that the course of IA in psychiatric populations with ASD and/or ADHD might be similar to reports from previous studies with general adolescent populations.
KW - Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
KW - Autism spectrum disorder
KW - Health-related quality of life
KW - Internet addiction
KW - Prognosis
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U2 - 10.1007/s10803-019-04169-9
DO - 10.1007/s10803-019-04169-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 31410697
AN - SCOPUS:85070937239
VL - 49
SP - 4515
EP - 4522
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
SN - 0162-3257
IS - 11
ER -