Over the past two decades, there has been increasing interest in the impact of internet use
and growing concern about whether problematic use of the internet (PUI) constitutes an …

Highlights•Instruments that investigate PUSM are mainly based on outdated models of
addiction.•Social media platforms need to be considered for their specific characteristics.• …

AIM: To provide a comprehensive overview of clinical studies on the clinical picture of
Internet-use related addictions from a holistic perspective. A literature search was conducted …

There is wide agreement that the Internet can serve as a tool that enhances well-being. It is
more difficult, however, to find consensus around the issue of problematic Internet use. That …

Global concern about problematic usage of the internet (PUI), and its public health and
societal costs, continues to grow, sharpened in focus under the privations of the COVID-19 …

Aims: In the last 5 years a deluge of articles on the topic of Internet addiction (IA) has
proposed many candidate symptoms as evidence of this proposed disease. We critically …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to delineate the overall theoretical framework on the
topic of internet addiction through the comprehensive narrative review to make readers …

Abstract Background: Pathological Internet use (PIU) has been conceptualized as an
impulse-control disorder that shares characteristics with behavioral addiction. Research has …

Background: Problematic Internet addiction or excessive Internet use is characterized by
excessive or poorly controlled preoccupations, urges, or behaviors regarding computer use …

Objective: The Internet has positively altered many aspects of life. However, for a subset of
users, the medium may have become a consuming problem that exhibits features of impulse …