Despite a confirmed association between Problematic Internet use (PIU) and hikikomori-like social withdrawal, few studies investigated differences between sexes. Hence, the main objective was identifying psychopathological predictors (including hikikomori-like traits) associated with PIU (vs. non-PIU) across both sexes.

Sex-differences in hikikomori traits as predictors of problematic internet use in Italian university students / Orsolini, Laura; Yılmaz-Karaman, Imran Gokcen; Longo, Giulio; Bellagamba, Silvia; Kato, Takahiro A; Volpe, Umberto. - In: JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH. - ISSN 0022-3956. - 155:(2022), pp. 211-218. [10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.08.015]

Sex-differences in hikikomori traits as predictors of problematic internet use in Italian university students

Orsolini, Laura;Longo, Giulio;Bellagamba, Silvia;Volpe, Umberto
2022-01-01

Abstract

Despite a confirmed association between Problematic Internet use (PIU) and hikikomori-like social withdrawal, few studies investigated differences between sexes. Hence, the main objective was identifying psychopathological predictors (including hikikomori-like traits) associated with PIU (vs. non-PIU) across both sexes.
2022
Hikikomori; Internet; Italy; Problematic internet use; Sex differences
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