Internet Addiction in Mexican Medical Students and Family Functioning

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hector Riquelme-Heras
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Family Functioning ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Essential Role ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Family ◽  
Excessive Internet Use ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Model Family

Introduction: Internet addiction is a deterioration in the control of the Internet, manifested in various cognitive, behavioral, and physiological symptoms. Internet addiction affects family functioning by generating problems in relationships with family members. The disturbed functioning of the family also makes individuals vulnerable to internet addiction. Objective: To determine the relationship between family functioning and internet addiction. Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional, survey-type observational study was carried out on 358 students of the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Mexico. to measure the presence of internet addiction. Result: A prevalence of 28% for internet addiction was found in medical students. Conclusions: This research found that following Olson's model, family functioning is not significantly related to internet addiction. The overall prevalence of internet addiction was higher than that found in other countries. Since the family plays an essential role in preventing internet addiction, it should be considered to reduce excessive Internet use.

scholarly journals The Current Situation of Internet Addiction and Its Impact on Sleep Quality and Self-Injury Behavior in Chinese Medical Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-242
Author(s):  
Yanqiu Wang ◽  
Ying Zhao ◽  
Ling Liu ◽  
Yan Chen ◽  
Dong Ai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Detection Rate ◽  
Poor Sleep ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Self Injury ◽  
Chinese Medical Students ◽  
Self Harm

Objective The purpose of this cross-sectional survey is to explore the current state of Internet addiction (IA) in Chinese medical students and its connection with medical students’ sleep quality and self-injury behavior.Methods Respondents were came from Wannan Medical College, China. The Young’s Internet Addiction Test, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Self-Harm Questionnaire were used in this cross-sectional survey. A total of 3,738 medical students were investigated, 1,552 (41.52%) males, 2,186 (58.48%) females. T-test, chi-square test and MANOVA were used for data analysis.Results Of the 3,738 medical students, 1,054 (28.2%) reported having IA, 1,126 (30.1%) reported having poor sleep quality, 563 (15.1%) having self-harm behaviors. IA tends to be more female, upper grade students. The sleep quality of IA was worse than that of non-IA (χ<sup>2</sup>=54.882, p<0.001), and the possibility of self-injury was higher than non-IA (χ<sup>2</sup>=107.990, p<0.001).Conclusion This survey shows that the IA detection rate of medical students was 28.2%. Females, higher grade students had a higher IA detection rate. The low sleep quality and self-injury behavior of medical students are associated with IA.

scholarly journals What Motivates Medical Students to Engage in Volunteer Behavior During the COVID-19 Outbreak? A Large Cross-Sectional Survey

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Shi ◽  
Shu-e Zhang ◽  
Lihua Fan ◽  
Tao Sun
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Health System ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Prosocial Motivation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

After the COVID-19 outbreak, the health status of the general population has suffered a huge threat, and the health system has also encountered great challenges. As critical members of human capital in the health sector, medical students with specialized knowledge and skills have positively fought against the epidemic by providing volunteer services that boosted the resilience of the health system. Although volunteer behavior (VB) is associated with individual internal motivation, there is sparse evidence on this relationship among medical students, especially regarding potential mechanisms. Therefore, this study had two main objectives: (1) to examine the influence of prosocial motivation (PM) of medical students on their VB; and (2) to verify the chain-mediating role of calling and vocation (CV) as well as social responsibility (SR) in the relationship between PM and VB. Study I: a total of 2454 Chinese full-time medical students were invited to complete an online survey. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and multiple linear regression analysis. The results demonstrated that PM significantly affected VB in medical students (β = 0.098, P &lt; 0.001); CV as well as SR chain-mediated the relationship between PM and VB (β = 0.084, P &lt; 0.001). PM promoted the formation of SR by positively evoking CV of medical students, further resulting in increased VB. Study II: A 28 person qualitative interview was conducted. Qualitative data are added to reduce the limitations of online questionnaires. At the same time, we can also critically study the VB of Chinese medical students during COVID-19. The results showed that there were various reasons for medical students to volunteer in the process of fighting against COVID-19, and the experience of volunteer service and the impact on their future life were different. Lastly, the current findings suggest that fostering volunteerism among medical students requires the joint effort of the government, non-profit organizations, and medical colleges.

Associations Between Uncertainty Stress, Life Stress and Internet Addiction Among Medical Students (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Qian ◽  
Zhihua Wu ◽  
Tingzhong Yang ◽  
Shuhan Jiang ◽  
Dan Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Population Attributable Risk ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Medical Programs ◽  
High Uncertainty

BACKGROUND Internet Addiction (IA) is a growing issue predominate in adolescents and young adults. The effects of diverse stressors on IA have been highlighted though there is little consensus about the specific underpinnings of IA. OBJECTIVE The current study aims to investigate associations between uncertainty stress, life stress and IA among Chinese university medical students. METHODS A cross-sectional survey employing multi-stage sampling was used. Data were collected from 6061 students from 27 university medical programs across China. Associations between uncertainty stress, life stress, and IA were examined by means of multiple linear regression and indirect effect models. RESULTS After controlling for respondents’ demographics (i.e., age, sex, and monthly expenses), the findings showed that the overall IA prevalence was 11.8% (95% CI: 11.7 - 12.43 %). Uncertainty stress (adjusted OR: 2.56, 95% CI: 2.11 – 3.10) and life stress (adjusted OR: 1.70, 95% CI: 1.31 – 2.21) were positively associated with IA. Population Attributable Risk (PAR) of uncertainty stress associated with IA was 25%, and life stress was 5%. CONCLUSIONS The contribution of uncertainty stress to IA is significantly higher than that of life stress. High uncertainty stress, being male and higher socio-economic status were associated with IA.

scholarly journals Determinants of Intention to Use Artificial Intelligence-Based Diagnosis Support System Among Prospective Physicians

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anh Quynh Tran ◽  
Long Hoang Nguyen ◽  
Hao Si Anh Nguyen ◽  
Cuong Tat Nguyen ◽  
Linh Gia Vu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Social Influence ◽  
Support System ◽  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Initial Trust ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Effort Expectancy ◽  
The Relationship

Background: This study aimed to develop a theoretical model to explore the behavioral intentions of medical students to adopt an AI-based Diagnosis Support System.Methods: This online cross-sectional survey used the unified theory of user acceptance of technology (UTAUT) to examine the intentions to use an AI-based Diagnosis Support System in 211 undergraduate medical students in Vietnam. Partial least squares (PLS) structural equational modeling was employed to assess the relationship between latent constructs.Results: Effort expectancy (β = 0.201, p &lt; 0.05) and social influence (β = 0.574, p &lt; 0.05) were positively associated with initial trust, while no association was found between performance expectancy and initial trust (p &gt; 0.05). Only social influence (β = 0.527, p &lt; 0.05) was positively related to the behavioral intention.Conclusions: This study highlights positive behavioral intentions in using an AI-based diagnosis support system among prospective Vietnamese physicians, as well as the effect of social influence on this choice. The development of AI-based competent curricula should be considered when reforming medical education in Vietnam.

scholarly journals Internet Addiction and Its Relationship with Family Functioning in High School Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-52
Author(s):  
Zahra Harsej ◽  
◽  
Nasrin Mokhtari Lakeh ◽  
Farzaneh Sheikholeslami ◽  
Ehsan KazemnezhadLeili ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Family Functioning ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Statistical Relationship ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Relationship

Introduction: Family-related factors play an important role in adolescent’s addiction to the Internet. Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between Internet addiction and family functioning in high school students. Materials and Methods: This is an analytical study with a cross-sectional design conducted on 796 high school students in Rasht city, Iran who were selected using multi-stage cluster random sampling method. Data collection tools were a demographic form, the Young’s Internet Addiction Test, and the Family Assessment Device. Chi-Square test and rank-ordered logistic regression analysis were used for data analysis. Results:The response rate of of students was 86.81%; 85.7% had at least two family members who were using the Internet; 71.2% of students had no addiction, 27.5% were exposed to Internet addiction and 1.3% had Internet addiction. The majority (65.0%) of studnets had unhealthy family functioning. The relationship between Internet addiction and family functioning was statistically significant (P=0,001). There was a significant statistical relationship between Internet addiction and family income (P= 0.003), fatherchr('39')s job (P=0.001), and duartion of internet usage per day (P=0.001). Logistic regression model showed that the family functioning score (OR=1.02, 95% CI;1.01-1.04, P=0.001), duration of Internet usage per day (OR=1.02, 95% CI;1.11-1.20, P=0.0001), and gender (male) (OR=1.02, 95% CI;1.26-2.58, P=0.001) significantly affected Internet addiction. Conclusion:Due to the direct statistical relationship between Internet addiction and family functioning, it is necessary to pay serious attention to the phenomenon of Internet addiction and make appropriate plans for adolescents and their families to use the Internet properly.

scholarly journals The relationship between test anxiety and emotion regulation: the mediating effect of psychological resilience

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuguo Liu ◽  
Haiyan Pan ◽  
Runhuang Yang ◽  
Xingjie Wang ◽  
Jiawei Rao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Psychological Resilience ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Background Test anxiety has been widely found in medical students. Emotion regulation and psychological resilience have been identified as key factors contributing to anxiety. However, studies on relationships were limited. This study investigated the links between psychological resilience, emotion regulation, and test anxiety in addition to exploring the differences about socio-demographic factors. Methods A sample of 1266 medical students was selected through cross-sectional survey from a medical university in China during 2019. Data were obtained by network technique using designed questionnaire, which assesses the level of test anxiety, emotion regulation and psychological resilience, respectively. Results Medical students experienced test anxiety at different levels, 33.7% of these were seriously. It revealed significant effects of the gender and academic performance on test anxiety. Results of logistic regression indicated that test anxiety was significantly associated with emotion regulation and psychological resilience (p < 0.01). Psychological resilience played a mediating role on the relationship between emotion regulation and test anxiety. Conclusions These findings highlight the importance of psychological resilience and emotion regulation in understanding how psychological resilience relates to test anxiety in medical students. Resilience-training intervention may be developed to support students encountering anxiety during the exam.

scholarly journals Internet Use and Its Addiction Among Medical Students in Hyderabad, Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 227-232
Author(s):  
Dr. Tariq Feroz Memon ◽  
Dr. Ghulam Hussain Baloch ◽  
Dr. Muhammad Talha Khan ◽  
Dr. Ferrukh Zehravi ◽  
Dr. Munawar Hussain Soomro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical Undergraduate ◽  
Significant Difference

Background: With the advances in information and technology, internet addiction appears as a serious obsessive condition that has numerous dreadful effects on human physical and mental health. The objective of the study was to determine the level of internet addiction among medical undergraduate students of Isra University, Hyderabad. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted at the Isra University, Hyderabad from August to December 2019. All medical (MBBS) undergraduate students of either sex were included. A stratified sampling technique was used for the selection of participants. A structured 5-point Likert scale questionnaire for the internet addiction test was adopted from Dr. Kimberly Young and used for the collection of participant’s information and measurement of their level of addiction. Results: A total of 263 undergraduate medical students participated in the study. The majority (56.65%) were males while 51.71% were from the age group 21-22 years. Over two-thirds (85.17%) of participants were found to be internet addicts. Of these internet addicts, 63.84% were mild or minimal internet addicts while 12.05% were severely addicted participants. A statistically significant difference (p<0.05) was observed between gender, age groups, year of study, and current residential status of participants. Conclusion: Internet addiction was highly prevalent among undergraduate medical students, specially in the age group (19-20) years, hostlers, 2nd year of study and males

scholarly journals Empatía y funcionamiento familiar en estudiantes de medicina de la Universidad de Azuay, Cuenca, Ecuador

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 571-586
Author(s):  
Yolanda Dávila Pontón ◽  
Ximena Vélez Calvo ◽  
Ambar Celleri Gomezcoello ◽  
Juan Aguilera Muñoz ◽  
Víctor Diaz-Narváez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Family Functioning ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Family ◽  
Empathy Scale ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Gender Factor ◽  
Style Factor

Objective: To explore the distribution of general and particular levels of empathy among the different family functioning styles of medical students of the University of Azuay in the city of Cuenca, Ecuador. Materials and methods: Exploratory and cross-sectional study. Student empathy levels were measured through the Jefferson Medical Empathy Scale, S-version in Spanish and family functioning through the Family Functioning Scale Faces-20 in a sample of 278 medical students. The comparison of data was carried out by means of analysis of bifactorial variance model III. The level of significance used was α≤ 0.05 and 1- β ≤ 0.20. Results: The analysis of the general empathy variance was significant (p <0.05) for the family functioning style factor. The results on the dimensions of empathy:” Take on perspective” and “Ability to understand the situation of the other” were significant (p = 0.035; p = 0.044) for the family functioning style factor. Regarding the “Care with compassion” dimension, no significant differences were observed (p> 0.05). On the other hand, it was found that extreme family functioning styles have empathy values ​​greater than the intermediate style, with significant differences between them (p <0.05). Conclusion: There is a relationship between the type of family functioning and empathy. Extreme family functioning style have higher empathy values ​​than intermedium families. Regarding the gender factor, these differences were not presented.

scholarly journals Preliminary study of the relationship between career choice motivation and understanding of professionalism in newly enrolled medical students in China: a cross-sectional study

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. e041860
Author(s):  
Xuemei Cui ◽  
Ning Ding ◽  
Nan Jiang ◽  
Honghe Li ◽  
Deliang Wen
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Career Choice ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Clinical Medicine ◽  
First Year ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Career Choice Motivation ◽  
First Year Medical Students ◽  
The Relationship

ObjectivesEarly professionalism education for first-year students is important for generating sound knowledge and attitudes towards medical professionalism. Of the many factors affecting professionalism and professional identity formation in medical students, career choice motivation is an understudied one. This study aimed to explore the relationship between the career choice motivations of first-year medical students and their understanding of professionalism.Settings and participantsA cross-sectional survey of 940 first-year clinical medicine students was conducted at China Medical University in September 2017 to explore students’ motivation to study medicine and its relationship with students’ understanding of professionalism. Demographics, career choice motivation and professionalism were obtained through paper questionnaires. Logistic regression analysis was used to analyse the association between career choice motivation and understanding of professionalism while controlling for potential demographic confounders.ResultsThe most common career choice motivations for first-year medical students (N=843) were interested in the health sciences, income and social status and advocating altruism. The most mentioned subdimensions of professionalism were accountability, pursuit of excellence and compassion. There were significant differences in the understanding of professionalism among students with different career choice motivations.ConclusionFirst-year medical students with different motivations to study medicine also have different understandings of professionalism. Medical educators can explore motivations to learning medicine as a new entry point to providing professionalism education for newly enrolled medical students.

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