Background:

The internet can cause adverse psychological issues in children whose parents show less competence because of their mental illness. This study aims to find the level of internet addiction among adolescents who have a parent with psychiatric illness and its relationship to the type and duration of their parent’s illness.

Method:

This study was conducted among 283 adolescents whose parents suffered from mental illness. They were selected from the inpatient and outpatient services of a neuropsychiatric hospital in India. Informed written consent was obtained from the parent not suffering from psychiatric illness, and a semistructured interview accommodating various factors and statements from the internet addiction test was used to find the level of internet addiction.

Result:

A total of 79.5% of adolescents showed scores indicative of internet addiction, with 14.5% of the participants having mild levels of addiction, 60.8% having moderate levels of addiction, and 4.2% having severe levels of addiction. There is a significant relationship between internet addiction scores and the type and duration of psychiatric illness in a parent.

Conclusion:

The internet addiction scores in adolescents have a significant relationship to the various types of illnesses and the duration of illness of their parents.

中文翻译：

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精神疾病父母青少年儿童网络成瘾的横断面研究

背景：

互联网可能会给父母因精神疾病而表现不佳的孩子带来不良的心理问题。本研究旨在找出父母患有精神疾病的青少年的网络成瘾程度及其与父母疾病类型和持续时间的关系。

方法：

这项研究是在 283 名父母患有精神疾病的青少年中进行的。他们是从印度一家神经精神病医院的住院和门诊服务中挑选出来的。从没有患有精神疾病的父母那里获得了知情的书面同意，并且使用半结构化的访谈来适应网络成瘾测试中的各种因素和陈述，以找出网络成瘾的程度。

结果：

共有 79.5% 的青少年表现出网络成瘾的分数，其中 14.5% 的参与者有轻度成瘾，60.8% 有中度成瘾，4.2% 有重度成瘾。网络成瘾分数与父母精神疾病的类型和持续时间之间存在显着关系。

结论：

青少年网络成瘾评分与父母的各种疾病类型和病程有显着关系。