Internet addiction is an emerging issue, impacting people's psychosocial functioning and
well-being. However, the prevalence and the mechanisms underlying internet misuse are …

The use of online-communication applications including messengers (eg WhatsApp) or
social networking services (eg Facebook) on the smartphone has turned into daily practice …

In recent years, there has been a gradual digitalization of our society, resulting in intensified
technology use for daily life activities, including the emergence of problematic Internet use …

With the development of the internet, people's pursuit of reading entertainment has enriched
internet novels, but the relevant influencing factors are still unclear. Therefore, we recruited …

The purpose of this study was to examine whether boredom proneness and/or loneliness
predict problem internet use (PIU) and whether these possible associations are moderated …

Internet addiction (IA) tendency is considered an addictive behavior that results from
excessive Internet use, and severely affecting an individual's physical health, emotion, and …

Abstract Previous research has identified the contemporaneous association between
experiential avoidance, depression, and Internet addiction. However, the mechanisms …

Internet addiction represents an emerging global health issue. Increasing efforts have been
made to characterize risk factors for the development of Internet addiction and …

Objective The closure of schools and other educational institutes around the world has been
one of the consequences of the COVID-19 and has resulted in online teaching. To facilitate …

Background Boredom proneness has been demonstrated as a salient vulnerability factor for
problematic mobile phone use. However, the mediating and moderating mechanisms …