Type D personality with self-defeating humor style and problematic mobile phone multitasking during study are risk factors for internet addiction¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · review r2–r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2031: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Among Iranian medical students, Type D personality traits combined with a self-defeating humor style predicted approximately 23% of the variance in internet addiction. → Baghcheghi Nayereh; Koohestani Hamid Reza 2026 q2 i? Among Colombian dental students, problematic mobile phone use patterns during study time were significantly associated with higher levels of internet addiction. → Baghcheghi Nayereh; Koohestani Hamid Reza 2026 (2)

Evidence¶

Baghcheghi Nayereh; Koohestani Hamid Reza 2026¶

Baghcheghi Nayereh; Koohestani Hamid Reza. (2026). A scoping review of internet addiction and academic performance among health sciences students. BMC Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-026-04883-x

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The review reports, citing Poormirzaei (2017), a descriptive correlational study of 225 Iranian medical students in which negative affectivity and self-defeating humor style "predicted approximately 23% of the variance in IA," and IA was correlated with decreased academic performance.

"Among Iranian medical students, Type D personality (a research-based personality construct not classified in DSM or ICD, characterized by negative affectivity and social inhibition) with its traits of negative affectivity and social inhibition, combined with a self-defeating humor style, collectively predicted approximately 23% of the variance in IA [25]"

Baghcheghi Nayereh; Koohestani Hamid Reza 2026 (2)¶

Baghcheghi Nayereh; Koohestani Hamid Reza. (2026). A scoping review of internet addiction and academic performance among health sciences students. BMC Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-026-04883-x

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The review reports, citing Díaz Cárdenas (2019), a cross-sectional study of 402 Colombian dental students in which the same study found no direct significant association between IA and cumulative GPA, but phone use during study predicted higher IA.

"Furthermore, among Colombian dental students, problematic mobile phone use patterns, including chatting while studying and spending over 18 min answering phone calls during study time, were significantly associated with higher levels of IA [14]"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Internet addiction shows strong comorbidity with depression, anxiety, and stress among health sciences students — related
• The direct association between internet addiction and GPA-based academic performance is inconsistent across studies of health sciences students — related
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