“…An overwhelming percentage of the population in these countries has internet access (Saudi Arabia 5 93%, Qatar and Kuwait 5100%) (The World Bank, 2019). The available data show that the prevalence of IA in GCC countries ranges anywhere from 4% to 82.6% (Abdel-Salam, Alrowaili, Albedaiwi, Alessa, & Alfayyadh, 2019;Alhantoushi & Alabdullateef, 2014;Alshehri, Azahrani, & Alotaibi, 2015;Barayan, Al Dabal, Abdelwahab, Shafey, & Al Omar, 2018;Bener & Bhugra, 2013;Hasan & Jaber, 2019;Khan & Awan, 2017;Khan & Gadhoum, 2018;Nafee, Mohammed, & Al-Hamdan, 2018;Taha, Shehzad, Alamro, & Wadi, 2019) The considerable wealth and access to advanced technology contribute to such high estimates. Additionally, variation in the definition of the problem (e.g., problematic, excessive, addictive use of internet), differences in the sample compositions (e.g., age and gender distribution), and use of disparate tools for outcome assessment may have contributed to the variation in prevalence estimates.…”