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Modern-type depression and web-based psychopathology in a cohort of Italian university students

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

L. Orsolini ,
S. Bellagamba ,
G. Longo ,
S. Tempia Valenta ,
V. Salvi  and
U. Volpe
L. Orsolini
Affiliation:
Unit of Clinical Psychiatric, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy, Department Of Neurosciences/dimsc, Ancona, Italy
S. Bellagamba*
Affiliation:
Unit of Clinical Psychiatry, Department Of Neurosciences/dimsc, Polytechnic University Of Marche, Ancona, Italy
G. Longo
Affiliation:
Polytechnic University of Marche, Department Of Clinical Neurosciences/dimsc, School Of Medicine, Unit Of Psychiatry, Ancona, Italy
S. Tempia Valenta
Affiliation:
Unit of Clinical Psychiatry, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy, Department Of Neurosciences/dimsc, Ancona, Italy
V. Salvi
Affiliation:
Unit of Clinical Psychiatric, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy, Department Of Neurosciences/dimsc, Ancona, Italy
U. Volpe
Affiliation:
Unit of Clinical Psychiatric, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy, Department Of Neurosciences/dimsc, Ancona, Italy
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Hikikomori represents the severe social withdrawal condition of the so-called ‘modern type-depression” (MTD). Digital addictions, including Internet addiction (IA), Internet gaming disorder (IGD) and smartphone addiction, have been associated with MTD and Hikikomori.

Objectives

This is a post-hoc study aimed at assessing digital addictions in a cohort of university students with a positive screening for MTD and Hikikomori.

Methods

A cross-sectional web-based survey was conducted by administering the Hikikomori Questionnaire (HQ-11), Internet Addiction Test (IAT), Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-Short-Form (IGDS9-SF) and the Smartphone addiction scale-Short Version (SAS-SV).

Results

Among 1,148 respondents, a significant association was found between the HQ-11 scale and the DASS-21 total score (r=0.434). The HQ-11 positively correlated with IAT, IGDS9-SF and SAS-SV (r=0.329; r=0.292 and r=0.205 respectively).

Conclusions

Digital addictions appear to be widely diffuse among university students positive to the Hikikomori and MTD screening. Further longitudinal studies are needed to weight and balance the potential consequences of digital tools in Hikikomori subjects.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

digital addictionModern Type Depression
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S243
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