Lutz Wartberg|Levente Kriston|Sonja Bröning|Katharina Kegel|Rainer Thomasius
Adolescent problematic Internet use: Is a parental rating suitable to estimate prevalence and identify familial correlates?
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf|Universität Hamburg|Universität Hamburg|University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf|University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf|Universität Hamburg|University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf|Universität Hamburg|University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf|Universität Hamburg
high prevalence estimates adolescent problematic internet use reported objective present study estimate prevalence adolescent problematic internet use firsttime based parental assessment instead adolescents ratings additionally identify familial correlates investigated representative sample 1000 parents adolescents aged 1217 years standardized questionnaire measuring problematic internet use familial aspects statistical analyses limited 964 cases 36 adolescents never used internet estimate prevalence problematic internet use conducted latent class analysis used logistic regression analyses identify familial correlates prevalence estimate adolescent problematic internet use germany 47 95 confidence interval ci 3461 lower family functioning odds ratio 066 ci 055 078 higher frequency parentadolescentconflicts 451 ci 305 668 associated problematic internet use observational study found first indications parental assessment suitable estimating prevalence problematic internet use adolescents regard familial correlates found substantial accordance results based adolescents selfreports