Polaris
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May be old news to some of you, but the review is an interesting read and a good summary of the more negative effects nonetheless. The table in the review is quite informative with respect to simple breakdown of results/effects.
"In the past decade, research has accumulated suggesting that excessive Internet use can lead to the development of a behavioral addiction (e.g., . Clinical evidence suggests that Internet addicts experience a number of biopsychosocial symptoms and consequences .
These include symptoms traditionally associated with substance-related addictions, namely salience, mood modification, tolerance, withdrawal symptoms, conflict, and relapse . Internet addiction comprises a heterogeneous spectrum of Internet activities with a potential illness value, such as gaming, shopping, gambling, or social networking. Gaming represents a part of the postulated construct of Internet addiction, and gaming addiction appears to be the most widely studied specific form of Internet addiction to date . Mental health professionals’ and researchers’ extensive proposals to include Internet addiction as mental disorder in the forthcoming fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) will come to fruition as the American Psychiatric Association accepted to include Internet use disorder as mental health problem worthy of further scientific investigation .
The excessive use of the Internet has been linked to a variety of negative psychosocial consequences. These include mental disorders such as somatization, obsessive-compulsive and other anxiety disorders, depression , and dissociation, as well as personality traits and pathology, such as introversion and psychoticism . Prevalence estimates range from 2% to 15% , depending on the respective sociocultural context, sample, and assessment criteria utilized. Internet addiction has been considered as serious threat to mental health in Asian countries with extensive broadband usage, particularly South Korea and China ."
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"In the past decade, research has accumulated suggesting that excessive Internet use can lead to the development of a behavioral addiction (e.g., . Clinical evidence suggests that Internet addicts experience a number of biopsychosocial symptoms and consequences .
These include symptoms traditionally associated with substance-related addictions, namely salience, mood modification, tolerance, withdrawal symptoms, conflict, and relapse . Internet addiction comprises a heterogeneous spectrum of Internet activities with a potential illness value, such as gaming, shopping, gambling, or social networking. Gaming represents a part of the postulated construct of Internet addiction, and gaming addiction appears to be the most widely studied specific form of Internet addiction to date . Mental health professionals’ and researchers’ extensive proposals to include Internet addiction as mental disorder in the forthcoming fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) will come to fruition as the American Psychiatric Association accepted to include Internet use disorder as mental health problem worthy of further scientific investigation .
The excessive use of the Internet has been linked to a variety of negative psychosocial consequences. These include mental disorders such as somatization, obsessive-compulsive and other anxiety disorders, depression , and dissociation, as well as personality traits and pathology, such as introversion and psychoticism . Prevalence estimates range from 2% to 15% , depending on the respective sociocultural context, sample, and assessment criteria utilized. Internet addiction has been considered as serious threat to mental health in Asian countries with extensive broadband usage, particularly South Korea and China ."
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