Association of Internet addiction with social anxiety and lack of social skills in spanish adolescents

The aim of this study is to analyse the relationship between Internet addiction and social anxiety and social skills difficulties in a sample consisting of 446 Spanish adolescents between 12 and 16 years old.Our results show that adolescents with high scores in problematic use of the Internet presen...

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Autores principales:	Torrente,Estefanía, Piqueras,Antonio, Orgilés,Mireia, Espada,José Pedro
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad Chilena de Psicología Clínica 2014
Materias:	internet addiction social anxiety social skills interpersonal relationships adolescents
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spellingShingle	internet addiction social anxiety social skills interpersonal relationships adolescents Torrente,Estefanía Piqueras,Antonio Orgilés,Mireia Espada,José Pedro Association of Internet addiction with social anxiety and lack of social skills in spanish adolescents
description	The aim of this study is to analyse the relationship between Internet addiction and social anxiety and social skills difficulties in a sample consisting of 446 Spanish adolescents between 12 and 16 years old.Our results show that adolescents with high scores in problematic use of the Internet present higher scores in social anxiety and social skills difficulties. Furthermore, the intrapersonal addiction showed a positive significant association both with the degree of social anxiety and with lack of assertiveness. On the other hand, the interpersonal addiction did more with social anxiety. Data from this study can help to design and implement prevention programs for a healthy use of the Internet at school and in home settings.
author	Torrente,Estefanía Piqueras,Antonio Orgilés,Mireia Espada,José Pedro
author_facet	Torrente,Estefanía Piqueras,Antonio Orgilés,Mireia Espada,José Pedro
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title	Association of Internet addiction with social anxiety and lack of social skills in spanish adolescents
title_short	Association of Internet addiction with social anxiety and lack of social skills in spanish adolescents
title_full	Association of Internet addiction with social anxiety and lack of social skills in spanish adolescents
title_fullStr	Association of Internet addiction with social anxiety and lack of social skills in spanish adolescents
title_full_unstemmed	Association of Internet addiction with social anxiety and lack of social skills in spanish adolescents
title_sort	association of internet addiction with social anxiety and lack of social skills in spanish adolescents
publisher	Sociedad Chilena de Psicología Clínica
publishDate	2014
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Association of Internet addiction with social anxiety and lack of social skills in spanish adolescents

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