Does Internet and Computer "Addiction" Exist? Some Case Study Evidence

By Mark D. Griffiths. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 2000

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Subfields: Communication, Education, Sociology and Political Science

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Internet Gambling: Issues, Concerns, and Recommendations (2003, neutral): “35,36 These are usually people who use Internet chat rooms or play fantasy role-playing games— activities that they would not engage in except on the Internet itself.”
A Social Skill Account of Problematic Internet Use (2005, background): “Indeed, a number of researchers have maintained that PIU primarily involves compulsive Internet use (for a review, see Beard & Wolf, 2001; see also Caplan, 2003; Davis, 2001; Griffiths, 2000; Shapira et al., 2000; Young, 1998; Young & Rogers, 1998).”
Technological addictions and social connectedness: predictor effect of internet addiction, social media addiction, digital game addiction and smartphone addiction on social connectedness (2017, background): “In this context, the question “can technology be an addiction?” is one of the topics frequently discussed in the literature (5,6).”
Internet Addiction and Depression, Anxiety and Stress (2011, background): “Other conclusions of excessive usage have been documented as neglect of academic, work, and domestic responsibilities, disruption of relationships, social isolation, and financial problems (Griffiths, 2000; McKenna & Bargh, 2000).”
Unregulated Internet Usage: Addiction, Habit, or Deficient Self-Regulation? (2003, methodology): “…problematic Internet consumption behavior, variously termed Internet addiction (e.g., Brenner, 1997; Fearing, 1997; Greenberg, Lewis, & Dodd, 1999; Griffiths, 2000a; Hall & Parsons, 2001; Young, 1996, 1998), pathological Internet use (Davis, 2001), Internet dependence (Scherer, 1997), or…”
The Role of Structural Characteristics in Problematic Video Game Play: An Empirical Study (2011, background): “Despite the many reported positive aspects of video game playing, there has been some concern among health professionals over the last two decades that video games, when played excessively, may have a negative impact on an individual’s school or work productivity, sleep patterns, social relationship”
A Qualitative Analysis of Online Gaming Addicts in Treatment (2013, background): “Case studies (e.g., Allison et al. 2006; Block 2007; Griffiths 2000, 2010; Griffiths et al. 2003, 2004a, b; Wan and Chiou 2006a, b) show evidence of addiction symptoms to online role-playing games.”
The Compulsive Internet Use Scale (CIUS): Some Psychometric Properties (2009, positive): “…of CIU (see Table 2): loss of control (items 1, 2, 5, and 9); preoccupation (including mental and behavioral preoccupation) (items 4, 6, and 7); withdrawal symptoms (item 14); coping or mood modification (items 12 and 13); and conflict (including inter-and intrapersonal conflict) (items 3,…”
Relationship between Internet Addiction and Academic Performance among University Undergraduates. (2013, background): “This could also be explained by the fact that students tend to spend so much time in online activities, which leaves them with little or no time for studies (Griffith, 2000).”
Prevalence of Problematic Mobile Phone Use in British Adolescents (2014, positive): “This was also found to be the case in our study—the adolescents reported experiencing unpleasant emotions when they were unable to use their mobile phone as usual.(8,23) Another finding to highlight is that the greater the level of problematic use, the more likely the adolescent is to notice the sam”
Comparison of Internet addicts and non-addicts in Taiwanese high school (2005, neutral): “…psychological and other problems resulting from excessive Internet use (Brenner, 1996, 1997; Egger & Rauterberg, 1996; Greenfield, 1999, 2000; Griffiths, 1999, 2000; Kraut, Lundmark, Kiesler , Mukhopadhyay, & Scherlis, 1997, 1998; LaRose, Mastro, & Eastin, 2001; Morahan- Martin, 1999;…”
Excessive Internet Use among European Children (2012, background): “…the termination of activity), interpersonal conflict (mostly with those in close social relationships) or intrapersonal conflict (occurring solely in the individual’s own mind), and relapse (where they try to reduce the amount of internet use and fail) (see Griffiths, 2000, for more details).”
Internet addiction of adolescents in China: Prevalence, predictors, and association with well-being (2013, background): “Some researchers have reported a greater prevalence of Internet addiction among male users than among female users (Chou & Hsiao, 2000; Griffiths, 2000; Morahan-Martin & Schumacker, 2000; Scherer, 1997).”
Psychological Motives and Online Games Addiction: ATest of Flow Theory and Humanistic Needs Theory for Taiwanese Adolescents (2006, background): “Two-way interaction was not significant (F [3, 537] = 0.”