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: Received: 12 June 2023 / Approved: 12 June 2023 / Online: 12 June 2023 (10:18:41 CEST)
How to cite:
Pjevac, A.; Jovanovic, M.; Safiye, T.; Milidrag, A.; Rodic, I.; Mihailovic, T. Impact of COVID-19 on Internet Addiction and Mental Health: A Brief Overview. Preprints2023, 2023060821. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.0821.v1
Pjevac, A.; Jovanovic, M.; Safiye, T.; Milidrag, A.; Rodic, I.; Mihailovic, T. Impact of COVID-19 on Internet Addiction and Mental Health: A Brief Overview. Preprints 2023, 2023060821. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.0821.v1
Pjevac, A.; Jovanovic, M.; Safiye, T.; Milidrag, A.; Rodic, I.; Mihailovic, T. Impact of COVID-19 on Internet Addiction and Mental Health: A Brief Overview. Preprints2023, 2023060821. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.0821.v1
APA Style
Pjevac, A., Jovanovic, M., Safiye, T., Milidrag, A., Rodic, I., & Mihailovic, T. (2023). Impact of COVID-19 on Internet Addiction and Mental Health: A Brief Overview. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.0821.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Pjevac, A., Ivana Rodic and Tatjana Mihailovic. 2023 "Impact of COVID-19 on Internet Addiction and Mental Health: A Brief Overview" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.0821.v1
Abstract
The new coronavirus SARS Cov2 disease from 2019. (COVID-19), started as a cluster of unexplained pneumonia cases in Wuhan in December 2019, has spread globally and caused a serious public health threat. People were scared due to the COVID-19 cases that were rapidly increasing all over the world and the quick changes in how people lived. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected various aspects of life, one of which is the increased use of the internet, especially social media platforms. Past research has clearly linked a pandemic with signs of stress, depression, anxiety, and suicide thoughts, as well as with excessive internet use. The findings of research conducted around the world indicate that the higher the level of stress associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in an individual, the greater the tendency to develop an addiction to the internet. The aim of this paper was to provide a brief overview of the available scientific findings on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and internet addiction. Methods: A sweep through available literature was performed using the database Medline via the PubMed interface for articles written in English, using keywords and MeSH terms "Internet addiction", "mental health" and "COVID-19". Results: With insight into the scientific literature on COVID-19, mental health, and internet addiction, we have concluded that during the COVID-19 pandemic, time spent on the internet increased. Conclusion: Additionally, due to reduced social activities, above mentioned consequently led to internet addiction and thus to psychological distress, increased loneliness and depression.
Keywords
COVID-19; distress; internet addiction; depression
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public Health and Health Services
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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