@article{ref1,
title="Relationship between adverse childhood experiences and problematic internet use among young adults: the role of the feeling of loneliness trajectory",
journal="Journal of behavioral addictions",
year="2022",
author="Lin, Wen-Hsu and Chiao, Chi",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUNDS AND AIMS: Given problematic Internet usage's (PIU) negative impact on individual health, this study evaluates how adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) affect young adults' PIU and the possible underlying mechanism of the &quot;feeling of loneliness&quot; (FOL) trajectory. <br><br>METHODS: Analyzing a retrospective cohort sample from the Taiwan Youth Project, 2,393 adolescents were interviewed from the average ages of 14-28. We constructed ACE in 2000 using six categories (e.g., abuse and low family socioeconomic status) and 5-item PIU in 2017 from Chen's Internet Addiction Scale. FOL trajectories measured eight times, at average ages 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 25, 28 years-old. <br><br>RESULTS: Overall, 12.65% of the participants did not have ACEs, and 12.78% exhibited PIU. FOL trajectory analyses yielded three groups: &quot;constant low&quot; (reference group: 53.25%); &quot;moderate decline&quot; (36.81%); and &quot;increasing&quot; (9.94%). Regression models showed a dose-response association between ACE and young adults' PIU (adjusted odds ratio = 1.12; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.02-1.23) and the two risky loneliness groups (moderate decline: relative risk ratio [RRR] = 1.42, 95% CI = 1.32-1.54; increasing: RRR = 1.52, 95% CI = 1.37-1.71). Structural equation modeling further found that ACEs increase young adults' risk of being in the increasing group, and consequently, the risk of PIU. <br><br>DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrated that ACE may be associated with 1) adults' PIU, 2) FOL from adolescence to emerging adulthood, and 3) young adults' PIU through its association with FOL trajectories.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2062-5871",
doi="10.1556/2006.2022.00074",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/2006.2022.00074"
}