title: Internet Activities During Leisure: A Comparison Between Adolescents With ADHD and Adolescents From the General Population.
abstract: Adolescents' leisure activities are increasingly focusing on Internet activities, and today, these coexist with traditional leisure activities such as sport and meeting friends. The purpose of the present study was to investigate leisure activities, particularly Internet activities, among boys and girls with ADHD, and compare these with boys and girls from the general population. The objective was also to explore how traditional leisure activities and Internet activities interrelate among adolescents with ADHD.
  
  
  
  Adolescents with ADHD ( n = 102) were compared with adolescents from the general population on leisure activities and Internet use.
  
  
  
  Leisure activities among adolescents with ADHD tended to focus on Internet activities, particularly online games. Internet activities were broadening leisure activities among adolescents with ADHD, rather than being a substitute for traditional leisure activities.
  
  
  
  Internet activities may provide adolescents with ADHD accessible means of social interaction.
authors.affiliation: 1 Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden.
authors.forename: Vedrana
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bolic Baric
authors.affiliation: 2 Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden.
authors.forename: Kristina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hellberg
authors.affiliation: 1 Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden.
authors.forename: Anette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kjellberg
authors.affiliation: 1 Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden.
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hemmingsson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D033062:Friends / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007899:Leisure Activities / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male
keywords: adolescent ADHD; computer games; peer relationships; principal components analysis