The 2-Year Course of Internet Addiction Among a Japanese Adolescent Psychiatric Clinic Sample with Autism Spectrum Disorder and/or Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Ryuhei So, Kazunori Makino, Tomoya Hirota, Masaki Fujiwara, Kozo Ocho, Shin Ikeda, Shouko Tsubouchi, Masatoshi Inagakip

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4515-4522
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Volume49
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 1 2019

Keywords

  • Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
  • Autism spectrum disorder
  • Health-related quality of life
  • Internet addiction
  • Prognosis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Developmental and Educational Psychology

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