Internet Addiction

By Kimberly S. Young. 2004

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Evaluation of Internet Addiction and Depression among University Students (2013, background): “…is generally defined as an uncontrollable desire for excessive use of the internet, devaluation of time spent without connecting to the internet, intense nervousness and aggression in the case of deprivation and progressive deterioration of social and family life (Young,1999; Young, 2004) .”
Reasons of Academic Procrastination: Self-regulation, Academic Self-efficacy, Life Satisfaction and Demographics Variables (2014, background): “As a result of problematic internet use, students want to be on internet constantly and they lose control (Young, 2004).”
Loneliness, social contacts and Internet addiction: A cross-lagged panel study (2014, background): “Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Computers in Human Behavior journal homepage: www.elsevier .com/locate /comphumbeh such as substance dependency (Brenner, 1997) and impulse control disorders (Young, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2009).”
Internet Addiction, Fatigue, and Sleep Problems Among Adolescent Students: a Large-Scale Study (2019, positive): “The first section included sociodemographic details of the students; the second section concerned lifestyle habits, extra physical activities, and several disorders; the third section comprised the Fatigue Scale; the fourth section comprised the Epworth Sleep Scale; the final section concerned Inter”
Internet Addiction and Perceived Self-Efficacy Among University Students (2019, background): “Unfortunately, internet success may lead to further distortions such as “I am only good on the Internet,” or “I am a failure when I am offline” (Young 2004).”
Addiction to mobile text messaging applications is nothing to “lol” about (2014, background): “However, defining “addiction” has since moved beyond this definition to include a number of behaviors that do not involve intoxicants (Young, 2004).”
Gender Differences in Internet Addiction Associated with Psychological Health Indicators Among Adolescents Using a National Web-based Survey (2014, background): “…Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South Korea W. J. Hwang (*) East–west Nursing Research Institute, College of Nursing Science, Kyung Hee University, 26 Kyunghee-daero, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-701, South Korea e-mail: hwangwj@khu.ac.kr known as Internet addiction (Ko et al. 2005; Young 2004).”
The Cyber-Pornography Use Inventory: The Development of a New Assessment Instrument (2010, background): “…which is an escalating use of the Internet that is uncontrollable and creates problems in the life of the user, is consistent with characterizing ICDs as a continuance of a behavior without thought for, or with willful disregard of, its consequences (Dixon, Johnson, & Sturmey, 2007; Young, 2004).”
Ethics of the Attention Economy: The Problem of Social Media Addiction (2020, background): “…it is an addiction (Block, 2008; Ha, Yoo, Cho, Chin, Shin, & Kim, 2006; Karim &Chaudhri, 2012; Olsen, 2011; Robbins & Clark, 2015; Tao et al., 2010; Young, 1996, 1998b, 2004; Young & Rogers, 1998).2 Excessive use of the internet, in particular, is now widely accepted as a behavioral addiction for…”