Internet Activities During Leisure: A Comparison Between Adolescents With ADHD and Adolescents From the General Population
2018 (English)In: Journal of Attention Disorders, ISSN 1087-0547, E-ISSN 1557-1246, Vol. 22, no 12, p. 1131-1139Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
OBJECTIVE: 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.
METHOD: Adolescents with ADHD (n = 102) were compared with adolescents from the general population on leisure activities and Internet use.
RESULTS: 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.
CONCLUSION: Internet activities may provide adolescents with ADHD accessible means of social interaction.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sage Publications, 2018. Vol. 22, no 12, p. 1131-1139
Keywords [en]
adolescent ADHD, computer games, principal components analysis, peer relationships
National Category
Occupational Therapy Pedagogy
Research subject
Pedagogics and Educational Sciences, Education; Education, Special Education
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-57895DOI: 10.1177/1087054715613436ISI: 000444488700005PubMedID: 26610742Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85053699147OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-57895DiVA, id: diva2:1045449
2016-11-092016-11-092020-10-26Bibliographically approved