Estimation of behavioral addiction prevalence during COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Z Alimoradi, A Lotfi, CY Lin, MD Griffiths… - Current addiction …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The COVID-19 pandemic changed people's lifestyles and such
changed lifestyles included the potential of increasing addictive behaviors. The present …

Digital mental health interventions for anxiety and depressive symptoms in university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review of randomized …

I Riboldi, D Cavaleri, A Calabrese… - Revista de psiquiatria y …, 2023 - Elsevier
University students are particularly vulnerable to mental health issues, with anxiety and
depression identified as the most common conditions. During the COVID-19 pandemic …

Internet use and internet-based addictive behaviours during coronavirus pandemic

ZK Petrović, T Peraica, D Kozarić-Kovačić… - Current opinion in …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Longitudinal researches focused on the negative impacts of Internet use in prolonged stress
situations on mental health, vulnerable groups, and quality of life (QoL) are needed to help …

Hikikomori and modern-type depression in Italy: A new phenotypical trans-cultural characterization?

L Orsolini, S Bellagamba, U Volpe… - International Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction: Hikikomori is a Japanese term etymologically derived from 'hiku'(ie 'to pull
back') and 'komoru'(ie 'seclude oneself'), which identifies those subjects who deliberately …

Internet addiction among young adult university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of peritraumatic distress, attachment, and alexithymia

E Marzilli, L Cerniglia, S Cimino, R Tambelli - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The literature focused on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on young adult university
students' mental health shows a significant increase in psychopathological symptoms and …

The effect of social media and infodemic on mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from the COMET multicentric trial

G Sampogna, M Di Vincenzo, M Luciano… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the status of pandemic
due to the COVID-19 infection. The initial phases of the pandemic were characterized by …

Mental health and COVID-19 in university students: findings from a qualitative, comparative study in Italy and the UK

I Riboldi, CA Capogrosso, S Piacenti… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Introduction: COVID-19 restrictions introduced several changes in university academic and
social experience. Self-isolation and online teaching have amplified students' mental health …

The mediatory role of the boredom and loneliness dimensions in the development of problematic internet use

L Orsolini, G Longo, U Volpe - International Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, there has been a gradual digitalization of our society, resulting in intensified
technology use for daily life activities, including the emergence of problematic Internet use …

Use of social network as a coping strategy for depression among young people during the COVID-19 lockdown: findings from the COMET collaborative study

L Orsolini, U Volpe, U Albert, C Carmassi… - Annals of general …, 2022 - Springer
Background Use of social media (SM) has exponentially grown particularly among youths in
the past two years, due to COVID-19-related changing lifestyles. Based on the Italian COvid …

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

L Orsolini, IG Yılmaz-Karaman, G Longo… - Journal of Psychiatric …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Despite a confirmed association between Problematic Internet use (PIU) and
hikikomori-like social withdrawal, few studies investigated differences between sexes …