A School-Based Program for Problematic Internet Use for Adolescents in Japan.

ABSTRACT: Despite the serious influence of problematic Internet use on mental health among Japanese adolescents, no randomized clinical trials have investigated universal school-based interventions for this potential health challenge. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the efficacy of a school-based educational program. This two-armed, parallel, cluster-based randomized clinical trial included 5312 students from 13 high schools situated in a mid-sized Japanese city. The students in the intervention arm received 10 weekly standardized sessions, including a combination of information provision and interactive sessions by schoolteachers. The students in the control group followed a standard school curriculum. A generalized estimating equation model was applied to assess the primary (Korean Scale for

SUBMITTER: Otsuka Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10670389 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature