title: Internet Addiction and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Among Schoolchildren.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Use of the internet and videogames by children and adolescents has risen dramatically over the last decade. Increasing evidence of internet and videogame addiction among children is causing concern due to its harmful physical, emotional and social consequences. There is also emerging evidence for an association between computer and videogame addiction and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the relationship between ADHD and internet addiction.
  
  
  METHODS
  We compared 50 male schoolchildren, mean age 13 years, diagnosed with ADHD to 50 male schoolchildren without ADHD on measures of internet addiction, internet use and sleep patterns.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Children with ADHD had higher scores on the Internet Addiction Test (IAT), used the internet for longer hours, and went to sleep later than those without ADHD.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings indicate an association of ADHD, sleep disorders and internet/videogame addiction.
authors.forename: Aviv
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weinstein
authors.forename: Yafa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yaacov
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Manning
authors.forename: Pinhas
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Danon
authors.forename: Abraham
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weizman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D012890:Sleep; D013997:Time Factors; D018910:Video Games