Background The Internet Gaming Disorder Scale–Short-Form (IGDS9-SF) is among the best
with regard to its psychometric properties. Therefore, clinical psychologists are likely guided …

Two systematic reviews have been conducted to summarize the literature on Internet
Gaming Disorder (IGD) and personality. However, the data was not synthesized statistically …

Internet gaming and social media use are prevalent and integral to many people's lives.
However, excessive engagement in either could lead to negative health impacts. This study …

Background and aims Due to the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19), policies based on the nature of “spatial distancing” have been implemented …

Internet addiction has been found to be prevalent worldwide, including Asian countries, and
related to several negative outcomes and other behavioral addictions. The Bergen Social …

Background and aims The present longitudinal study examined the changes in problematic
internet use (problematic smartphone use, problematic social media use, and problematic …

Given the many technological advances over the past two decades, a small minority of
young people are at risk of problematic use or becoming addicted to these technologies …

Given that there is a lack of instruments assessing internet-related addictions among
Chinese population, this study aimed to validate the Chinese version of the nine-item …

Background/Objective There are inadequate screening instruments for assessing specific
internet-related addictions among mainland Chinese primary school students. Therefore, the …

Background The causal relationships between two specific types of problematic use in
internet-related activities [ie, problematic social media use (PSMU) and problematic gaming …