An important international discussion began because of some pioneer studies carried out by
on the internet addiction disorder (IAD). In the fifth and most recent version of the Diagnostic …

A Internet, sendo um instrumento neutro, pode ter efeitos negativos ou positivos,
dependendo de como é utilizada. Nas últimas décadas têm surgido alguns estudos que …

Despite the large number of measurement tools developed to assess problematic Internet
use, numerous studies use measures with only modest investigation into their psychometric …

Problematic Internet use, often called Internet addiction, is a growing problem that has
received increasing attention from clinicians and researchers. The aim of this study was to …

Background The use of Internet has now become indispensable, and the technology has
revolutionized the medical education and practice worldwide. Currently, medical students …

Background: Adolescents and young adults are among the most frequent Internet users, and
accumulating evidence suggests that their Internet behaviors might affect their mental …

青少年问题性社交网络使用是世界范围内受到普遍关注的问题. 问题性社交网络使用常被称作“
社交网络成瘾”,“病理性社交网络使用” 或“社交网络过度使用”, 概念和界定标准还没有达成一致 …

Background and aims The surge of problematic Internet use in adolescents is a continuously
growing problem across the globe. To our knowledge, to date valid questionnaire-based …

ObjectiveThe present research explored the cortical correlates of rewarding mechanisms
and cortical 'unbalance'effect in internet addiction (IA) vulnerability. MethodsInternet …

This study investigated co-morbidity of problem gambling and problematic Internet use (PIU)
among adolescent Internet and land-based gamblers, with the classic approach using sum …