Potential determinants of heavier internet usage

By Lynette Armstrong, J. Phillips, L. L. Saling. Int. J. Hum. Comput. Stud., 2000

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Subfields: Sociology and Political Science

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Problematic Use of the Internet and Self-Regulation: A Review of the Initial Studies (2012, result): “Certain studies found that PIU is positively associated with sensation-seeking [52-54] and with reward sensitivity [55, 56], whereas other studies failed to find such associations [33, 35, 57-59].”
The Role of Avoidance Coping and Escape Motives in Problematic Online Gaming: A Systematic Literature Review (2020, background): “For instance, Armstrong et al. (2000), investigating the psychological risk factors for internet addictions, found out that problematic internet users generally used the internet for an avoidance reason, and viewed the behavior as a coping strategy rather than an addiction.”
Problematic Use of the Mobile Phone: A Literature Review and a Pathways Model (2012, background): “A growing number of studies have indeed found Internetrelated disorders to be predicted by factors such as impulsivity facets [50], maladaptive cognitions [51], or low levels of self-esteem [52].”
Internet addiction among adolescents: The role of self-esteem (2011, methodology): “The internal consistency (Cronbach alpha coefficient) of the Turkish IAS is .90 .”
Shyness and Locus of Control as Predictors of Internet Addiction and Internet Use (2004, neutral): “30,31 This study examines the impact of shy-ness on Internet 561”
A Survey on the Generalized Problematic Internet Use in Chinese College Students and its Relations to Stressful Life Events and Coping Style (2009, background): “…al. 2006), whereas the personality factors may include dependency, shyness, neurosis, openness (Yang et al. 2005), consciousness, low self-esteem (Armstrong et al. 2000; Amiel and Sargent 2004) and gender (Morahan-Martin and Schumacher 2000; Schumacher and Morahan-Martin 2001; Lanthier and…”
The measurement of Internet addiction: A critical review of existing scales and their psychometric properties (2014, background): “The Internet Related Problem Scale – IRPS (Armstrong, Phillips, & Saling, 2000) was based on the Internet Related Addictive Behavior Inventory – IRABI (Brenner, 1997).”
‘Internet Addiction’: A Critical Review (2006, background): “Moreover, Armstrong et al. maintained that the 20-items indicated nine different symptoms without any statistical evidence. It would be interesting to investigate whether the items really did measure the symptoms they claimed to. Other studies have looked at the relationship between FInternet addict”
The Effects of Boredom, Loneliness, and Distress Tolerance on Problem Internet Use Among University Students (2016, background): “PIU has been associated with several negative psychological outcomes such as low selfesteem (Armstrong et al. 2000; Caplan 2002; Kim and Davis 2009; Niemz et al. 2005), anxiety (Dowling and Brown 2010; Kelley and Gruber 2010; Park et al. 2013) and depression (Caplan 2002; Dowling and Brown 2010;…”
Psychological Predictors of Young Adults' Use of Social Networking Sites (2009, positive): “13 With similar results to other studies, 22,23 Arm-strong et al. 24 found that low self-esteem predicted addictive Internet use as measured by the Internet Related Problem Scale (IRPS).”