Internet Addiction

Paper Summary:

The paper provides a review of relevant literature about Internet addiction. The paper studies what the direct relationship is between times spent on the Internet by young adults and their physical and mental health. The study's conclusion is that we need much more effort in controlling severe Internet addiction (IAD) among youth. The paper discusses how the chief problem with IAD in the current environment is that most youth think their obsession with the Internet is normal. The study concludes, therefore, that the first step necessary for us to begin the process of helping those with severe IAD among youth is to help them recognize some of the dangerous health concerns related to their habit.

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Literary Review
Research Question/Hypothesis
Methods
Survey Questions
Results
Reliability
Discussion

From the Paper:

"In her landmark research "Caught in the Net", Young set about to create a definitive test using the DSM-IV, which resulted in the Internet Addiction Test (IAT). This test along with patient feedback has painted an alarming picture in regards to IAD especially among youth. Using the IAT test among youth worldwide, internet addiction especially within college has risen over 200 percent in the past five years. In Korea, 39.6 percent of college teenagers were found to have mild to severe IAD, with detrimental effects to both their physical and psychological health (Young, npg)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Dvorak, J. (1997). Net addiction. PC/Computing,10, 85-87
• Egger, O. (1996). Internet behavior and addiction. [On-line]. Available: http://www.ifap.bepr.ethz.ch/~egger
• Gawel. (1999). Web addition. Electronic Design, v47. (p32)
• Wallace, A. (1999). The psychology of the internet. New York: Cambridge University Press
• Weinstein, M. A. (1998). Net game - an American dialogue. [On-line]. Available: http://www.ctheory.com/ga1.12-net_game.html

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