@article{ref1,
title="Internet addiction in the island of Hippocrates: the associations between internet abuse and adolescent off-line behaviours",
journal="Child and adolescent mental health",
year="2012",
author="Fisoun, Virginia and Floros, Georgios and Geroukalis, Dimitrios and Ioannidi, Nikoleta and Farkonas, Nikiforos and Sergentani, Elena and Angelopoulos, Nikiforos and Siomos, Konstantinos",
volume="17",
number="1",
pages="37-44",
abstract="BACKGROUND: To investigate the phenomenon of internet addiction and concurrent social (off-line) behaviours of an adolescent population a cross-sectional survey of the entire adolescent student population (N = 1270, aged 14-18) of the island of Kos in Greece was conducted.   METHOD: Completion by the survey participants of a demographic questionnaire, the 8-question YDQ (Diagnostic Questionnaire for Internet Addiction) and the 20-question IAT (Internet Addiction Test), followed by comparative analysis between and within usage groups.   RESULTS: Results demonstrate that 7.2% of male and 5.1% of female internet users present addictive behaviours while using the internet.   CONCLUSIONS: Anti-social, aggressive behaviours were significantly correlated with an increase to the pattern of abusive internet use in both sexes. Boys and girls had distinct profiles of off-line and online preferences. Boys tended to favour interest-driven online activities as their levels of addictive behaviour increased while girls favoured communication-driven online activities.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1475-357X",
doi="10.1111/j.1475-3588.2011.00605.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-3588.2011.00605.x"
}