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European Psychiatry
Volume 28, Supplement 1, 2013, Pages 1

Abstracts of the 21th European Congress of Psychiatry

1653 – The developemnt of adaptive and maladaptive patterns

of internet use among european adolescents at risk for internet
addictive behaviors: a grounded theory inquiry
M. Dreier1, E. Tzavela2, K. Wölfling1, F. Mavromati2, E. Duven1, C. Karakitsou3, G. Macarie4, L.
Veldhuis 5, S. Wójcik 6, E. Halapi7, H. Sigursteinsdottir7, A. Oliaga8, A. Tsitsika2

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0924-9338(13)76643-4

Introduction
Full findings from the European Commission funded EU-NET-ADB study (Safer Internet Programme) will be
presented.

Objectives
Empirical findings that elucidate the development of an internet addictive behaviour are still incomplete. This
is also related to risk as well as protective factors of internet use. Here a process oriented approach to
identify underlying conditions of an internet addictive behaviour was chosen.

Aims
The aim of the study is to enhance the knowledge and understanding of underlying processes which lead to
situation were internet addictive behaviour can evolve.

Methods
In total 124 in-depth interviews were conducted with adolescents with an age of 14-17 year. Adolescents from
seven different European countries (Greece, Spain, Poland, Germany, Romania, Netherlands & Iceland)
participated in this study. Eligibility was granted when adolescents scored more than 30 point or equal in the
Internet Addiction Test (IAT; Young, 1998). Data analysis was conducted by use of a step-wise full version of
Grounded Theory (Strauss & Corbin, 1990; 1998).

Results
Adolescents employed maladaptive and adaptive strategies in regard to their involvement in the internet.
Thus different Digital Outcomes such as “I am addicted” (Stuck Online) ranging to more adaptive internet
behaviour like (Juggling it All) and patterns of self-correcting (Coming Full Cycle) were identified. These
Digital Outcomes were consequently linked to adolescent's developmental pathways and can be
characterized by the core category “Navigating Adolescent Pathways”.

Conclusions
Contextual and developmental factors that mediate the development of an internet addictive behaviour could
be identified and linked to multiple Digital Outcomes.

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