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03 Feb 10
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8493149.stm
There is a strong link between heavy internet use and depression, UK psychologists have said.
The study, reported in the journal Psychopathology, found 1.2% of people surveyed were "internet addicts", and many of these were depressed.
The Leeds University team stressed they could not say one necessarily caused the other, and that most internet users did not suffer mental health problems.
The conclusions were based on 1,319 responses to an on-line questionnaire.
Recruitment was via links on social networking sites. People were asked how much they used the internet and for what purposes.
They were also asked a series of questions to assess whether they suffered from depression.
If a web addict is substituting meaningful friendships and socialising with virtual contact on the internet, this might have an adverse affect on their mental wellbeing
Sophie Corlett of the charity Mind
The respondents were aged 16 to 51, with an average age of 21.
The authors found that a small number of users had developed a compulsive internet habit, replacing real life social interaction with online chat rooms and social networking sites.
There is a strong link between heavy internet use and depression, UK psychologists have said.
The study, reported in the journal Psychopathology, found 1.2% of people surveyed were "internet addicts", and many of these were depressed.
The Leeds University team stressed they could not say one necessarily caused the other, and that most internet users did not suffer mental health problems.
The conclusions were based on 1,319 responses to an on-line questionnaire.
Recruitment was via links on social networking sites. People were asked how much they used the internet and for what purposes.
They were also asked a series of questions to assess whether they suffered from depression.
If a web addict is substituting meaningful friendships and socialising with virtual contact on the internet, this might have an adverse affect on their mental wellbeing
Sophie Corlett of the charity Mind
The respondents were aged 16 to 51, with an average age of 21.
The authors found that a small number of users had developed a compulsive internet habit, replacing real life social interaction with online chat rooms and social networking sites.
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So those with low self esteem and confidence who don't go out to have a social life and sex life seek comfort from the worlds most accessible source of information, communication and porn. No sh1t Sherlock!
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There's information on this thing?
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some mornings I try something different by switching on before taking my tablets .
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No idea really Ken, just something someone in a porn chatroom told me. I was just unsuccessfully 'bigging myself up', as usual. :(
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1.2% of 1,319 = 16
"Many" of the 16 internet addicts we could find were depressed. Wow! |
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lol exactly what i was thinking...... 1.2% whoopee do
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The respondents were aged 16 to 51, with an average age of 21.
Hardly a balanced sample, is it? |
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how many intenet addicts were still in their undies when surveyed?
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