Twenty years of Internet addiction … Quo Vadis?

Dalal, Pronob Kumar; Basu, Debasish

doi:10.4103/0019-5545.174354

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“…Since then, however, Internet Addiction (IA) has become widely and seriously discussed. For example, a simple Google search on the phrase delivers more than 5 million hits, there have been arguments and support to have IAD (or variations of it) officially recognised in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) [ 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ], and several researchers believe that it is already there [ 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 ].…”

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How Have Researchers Acknowledged and Controlled for Academic Work Activity When Measuring Medical Students’ Internet Addiction? A Systematic Literature Review

Masters

Loda

Tervooren

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Internationally, medical students’ Internet Addiction (IA) is widely studied. As medical students use the Internet extensively for work, we asked how researchers control for work-related Internet activity, and the extent to which this influences interpretations of “addiction” rates. A search of PubMed, CINAHL, Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar was conducted on the search phrase of “medical students” and “internet addiction” in March 2020. In total, 98 studies met our criteria, 88 (90%) used Young’s Internet Addiction Test, and the studies’ IA rates ranged widely. Little note was taken of work-related activity, and, when discussed, had little to no impact on the interpretation of Internet “addiction”. Studies seldom accounted for work-related activities, researcher bias appears to influence their position, “usage” appears conflated with “addiction”, and correlations between “addiction” and negative behaviours are frequently confused with one-way causation. In spite of IA’s not being officially recognised, few researchers questioned its validity. While IA may exist among medical students, its measurement is flawed; given the use of the Internet as a crucial medical education tool, there is the risk that conscientious students will be labelled “addicted”, and poor academic performance may be attributed to this “addiction”.

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How Have Researchers Acknowledged and Controlled for Academic Work Activity When Measuring Medical Students’ Internet Addiction? A Systematic Literature Review

Masters

Loda

Tervooren

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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“…Based on these initial efforts, the phenomenon of Internet addiction has attracted intensive research attention during the last two decades and the number of empirical studies into this field has greatly increased (Dalal and Basu 2016 ). Research findings consistently showed that Internet addiction risk remains to grow particularly in adolescents across the world, although large variance of the reported occurrence rates was found (Shek et al 2016 ; Young and Nabuco de Abreu 2010 ).…”

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Testing Longitudinal Relationships between Internet Addiction and Well-Being in Hong Kong Adolescents: Cross-Lagged Analyses Based on three Waves of Data

Shek

2017

Child Ind Res

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Using a panel design, this study examined the prospective relationships between Internet addiction and life satisfaction as well as hopelessness in a representative sample of Hong Kong adolescents. Starting from 2009/10 academic year, 3328 Secondary 1 students in 28 secondary schools in Hong Kong participated in this longitudinal study (Mean age = 12.59 years; SD = 0.74 years). All participants responded to a questionnaire that includes the Internet Addiction Test, Life Satisfaction Scale, and Hopelessness Scale on a yearly basis. Cross-lagged analyses based on three waves of data collected during three junior adolescent years showed that Internet addiction measured at Time 1 predicted poor life satisfaction and hopelessness at Time 2, but not vice versa. Similarly, Internet addiction at Time 2 predicted low life satisfaction at Time 3, and the cross-lagged effects of life satisfaction and hopelessness on Internet addiction from Time 2 to Time 3 remained non-significant. The findings support the thesis that poor personal well-being in adolescents is the consequence rather than the cause of Internet addictive behaviors. To improve quality of life and prevent suicidality in adolescents, strategies that help reduce addictive behaviors related to the Internet should be considered.

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“…The term "internet addiction" was first used by American psychiatrist Ivan Goldberg in 1995 (Basu and Dalal, 2016). The term very quickly became generally accepted and introduced into psychiatric practice, although there were objections that Goldberg introduced it into science as a kind of assumption or even a joke.…”

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Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) as a Consequence of the Expansion of Information Technologies

Bjelajac

Filipović

Stošić

2022

IJCRSEE

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Internet addiction disorder (IAD) is a global topic that increasingly attracts the attention of the wider public. The purpose of this paper is to research the current situation in the prevalence of both Internet addiction and problematic Internet use, which is the most common precursor to developing psychological disorders related to the relationship to the Internet and its elements. The initial hypotheses of this paper are that the Internet addiction disorder is more widespread and harmful than can be deduced from the attitude of society and health authorities towards it and that it calls for renewed theoretical and empirical research, which is the attitude shared by the scientific community. The results that we stated in the paper clearly show numerous mental and physical deficiencies and problems that are experimentally proven and presented in the paper. As a recommendation, we would point to increasing awareness of the dangers of excessive and problematic use of the Internet, offering healthy alternatives, promoting the culture of safe use of the Internet, as well as educating individuals on other self-control mechanisms. Attention should be constantly paid to dangers that realistically exist, and it should be permanently worked on this aspect of mental health of individuals, nations, and the global society.

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Twenty years of Internet addiction … Quo Vadis?

Cited by 31 publications

References 28 publications

How Have Researchers Acknowledged and Controlled for Academic Work Activity When Measuring Medical Students’ Internet Addiction? A Systematic Literature Review

How Have Researchers Acknowledged and Controlled for Academic Work Activity When Measuring Medical Students’ Internet Addiction? A Systematic Literature Review

Testing Longitudinal Relationships between Internet Addiction and Well-Being in Hong Kong Adolescents: Cross-Lagged Analyses Based on three Waves of Data

Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) as a Consequence of the Expansion of Information Technologies

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