Relationship with Parents, Emotion Regulation, and Callous-Unemotional Traits in Adolescents' Internet Addiction

Biomed Res Int. 2018 May 23:2018:7914261. doi: 10.1155/2018/7914261. eCollection 2018.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the associations of relationship with parents, emotion regulation, and callous-unemotional traits with Internet addiction in a community sample of adolescents. Self-report measures of relationship with parents (both mothers and fathers), emotion regulation (in its two dimensions: cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression), callous- unemotional traits (in its three dimensions: callousness, uncaring, and unemotional), and Internet addiction were completed by 743 adolescents aged 10 to 21 years. Results showed that a low perceived maternal availability, high cognitive reappraisal, and high callousness appeared to be predictors of Internet addiction. The implications of these findings are then discussed.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Antisocial Personality Disorder
  • Behavior, Addictive*
  • Child
  • Emotions*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Internet*
  • Male
  • Parent-Child Relations*
  • Parents
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Young Adult