Internet Addiction or Excessive Internet Use

By Aviv Weinstein, M. Lejoyeux. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 2010

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Gender Differences in Internet Addiction Associated with Psychological Health Indicators Among Adolescents Using a National Web-based Survey (2014, background): “…defined by characteristics such as poorly controlled preoccupation with the Internet, withdrawal symptoms when Internet is taken away, tolerance, continued excessive Internet use, loss of interests, and unsuccessful attempts to control Internet use (Tao et al. 2010; Weinstein and Lejoyeux 2010).”
Ethics of the Attention Economy: The Problem of Social Media Addiction (2020, background): “…the emerging consensus that compulsive and excessive use of the internet is as much a true addiction as a substance addiction (Aboujaoude, 2010; Grant et al., 2010; Hammond, Mayes, & Potenza, 2014; Kuss & Griffiths, 2012; Shaw & Black, 2008; Spada, 2014; Weinstein & Lejoyeux, 2010; Young, 1998b).”
The measurement of Internet addiction: A critical review of existing scales and their psychometric properties (2014, background): “…Chen, 2012; Lopez-Fernandez et al., 2013; Moreno, Jelenchik, Cox, Young, & Christakis, 2011; Pezoa-Jares et al., 2012; Shaw & Black, 2008; Widyanto & Griffiths, 2006; Özcan & Gokcearslan, 2013) and meta-analyses (Byun et al., 2009; Weinstein & Lejoyeux, 2010) have included between 3 and 13 scales.”
The Social Media Disorder Scale (2016, neutral): “…2013; Yen, Ko, Yen, Wu, & Yang, 2007), loneliness (Caplan, 2007; Odaci & Kalkan, 2010; Van Rooij et al., 2015), attention de ﬁ cit (Dalbudak & Evren, 2014; Van Rooij et al., 2015; Weinstein & Lejoyeux, 2010; Yen et al., 2007), and impulsivity (Dalbudak & Evren, 2014; Wu, Cheung, Ku, & Hung, 2013).”
Epidemiology of Internet Behaviors and Addiction Among Adolescents in Six Asian Countries (2014, positive): “23,24 In China, an incidence rate of 2.4% for Internet addiction has been re-ported in adolescents.”
Clinical psychology of Internet addiction: a review of its conceptualization, prevalence, neuronal processes, and implications for treatment (2015, neutral): “67 On the other hand, despite the difficulties concerning the diagnosis and heterogeneity of instruments to assess IA, most studies reporting prevalence rates for IA suffer from sampling selection biases due to systematic use of non-probability sampling techniques (eg, convenience samples) and…”
Maladaptive Coping Styles in Adolescents with Internet Gaming Disorder Symptoms (2018, background): “This has prompted arguments that some observations and reports of problem gaming may be more accurately conceptualized as a maladaptive (but nonpathological) coping strategy or a manifestation of other mental health conditions (Weinstein and Lejoyeux 2010).”
Integrating psychological and neurobiological considerations regarding the development and maintenance of specific Internet-use disorders: An Interaction of Person-Affect-Cognition-Execution (I-PACE) model. (2016, neutral): “…term in international publications (e.g., Brand et al., 014a,b; Chou et al., 2005; Dong et al., 2013b; Douglas et al., 2008; riffiths, 1999; Hansen, 2002; Kuss and Griffiths, 2011a; Kuss et al., 014; Weinstein and Lejoyeux, 2010; Widyanto and Griffiths, 2006; oung, 1998, 2004; Young et al., 2011).”
Addiction to mobile text messaging applications is nothing to “lol” about (2014, background): “These individuals ay use such media for extended periods, isolating themelves from other forms of social contact and may focus ntirely on these media rather than broader life events Weinstein and Lejoyeux, 2010).”