Investigation of the relationship between internet addiction, communication skills and difficulties in emotion regulation in nursing students

Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2023 Feb;42:18-24. doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2022.12.004. Epub 2022 Dec 18.

ABSTRACT

This study investigates the relationships between nursing students’ internet addiction levels, communication skills and difficulties in emotion regulation. This cross-sectional study included 463 nursing students who completed the Internet Addiction Scale (IAS), Communication Skills Scale (CSS) and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS-16). Approximately half of the nursing students were risky internet users. A negative statistically significant was determined between from IAS and CSS; a positive statistically significant was determined between from IAS and DERS-16. It was found that internet addiction had an effect of 18.6 % (R² = 0.186) on difficulty in emotion regulation and 0.27 % on communication skills (R² = 0.027). The students who were in risky group in internet addiction had worse communication skills and higher levels of difficulties in emotion regulation.

PMID:36842823 | DOI:10.1016/j.apnu.2022.12.004