TY - JOUR
T1 - Problematic internet use and its relationship with psychological distress, insomnia, and alcoholism among schoolteachers in Japan
AU - Tsumura, Hideki
AU - Kanda, Hideyuki
AU - Sugaya, Nagisa
AU - Tsuboi, Satoshi
AU - Fukuda, Mari
AU - Takahashi, Kenzo
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant No. 15K08735. JSPS had no role in the study design, collection, analysis or interpretation of the data, writing the article, or the decision to submit the article for publication.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2018.
PY - 2018/12
Y1 - 2018/12
N2 - Because schoolteachers are subject to suffer from mental health problems, this study aimed to examine the relationship between problematic Internet use (PIU) and psychological distress, insomnia, and alcoholism among schoolteachers. The cross-sectional study surveyed junior and senior high school teachers in Shimane prefecture, a rural area in Japan. A total of 2,663 junior and senior high school teachers (1,702 men and 961 women) completed the self-rated questionnaire measuring PIU, psychological distress, insomnia, and alcoholism. The results of hierarchical multiple regression analyses showed that psychological distress, insomnia, and alcoholism were associated with PIU among schoolteachers. The results indicate that schoolteachers with more severe psychological distress, insomnia, or alcoholism, regardless of gender, would use the Internet in a more problematic way. The study suggests that PIU could be an important condition related to multiple health problems in schoolteachers.
AB - Because schoolteachers are subject to suffer from mental health problems, this study aimed to examine the relationship between problematic Internet use (PIU) and psychological distress, insomnia, and alcoholism among schoolteachers. The cross-sectional study surveyed junior and senior high school teachers in Shimane prefecture, a rural area in Japan. A total of 2,663 junior and senior high school teachers (1,702 men and 961 women) completed the self-rated questionnaire measuring PIU, psychological distress, insomnia, and alcoholism. The results of hierarchical multiple regression analyses showed that psychological distress, insomnia, and alcoholism were associated with PIU among schoolteachers. The results indicate that schoolteachers with more severe psychological distress, insomnia, or alcoholism, regardless of gender, would use the Internet in a more problematic way. The study suggests that PIU could be an important condition related to multiple health problems in schoolteachers.
KW - alcoholism
KW - insomnia
KW - problematic Internet use
KW - psychological distress
KW - schoolteachers
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U2 - 10.1089/cyber.2018.0233
DO - 10.1089/cyber.2018.0233
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85058506999
SN - 2152-2715
VL - 21
SP - 788
EP - 796
JO - Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
JF - Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
IS - 12
ER -
