Internet Addiction

INTERNET ADDICTION......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 6
PREFACE......Page 8
INTRODUCTION......Page 12
INTERNET ADDICTION IN THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA......Page 13
SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN INTERNET ADDICTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA......Page 20
SOCIO-CULTURAL CONTEXT OF INTERNET ADDICTION......Page 24
EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF INTERNET ADDICTION......Page 30
REFERENCES......Page 32
ABSTRACT......Page 40
INTRODUCTION......Page 41
FACTOR ANALYTIC TECHNIQUES EMPLOYED......Page 42
IMPLICATIONS FOR FACTORIAL VALIDITY OF THE PIU SCALES......Page 46
Unidimensional Measures......Page 47
Multidimensional Measures......Page 48
DEFINITIONAL ISSUES......Page 51
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 52
REFERENCES......Page 53
INTRODUCTION......Page 58
DEFINITIONS......Page 59
PHENOMENOLOGY......Page 60
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY......Page 62
SOCIOLOGICAL RISK FACTORS......Page 63
REFERENCES......Page 66
ABSTRACT......Page 70
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 71
III. RESULTS......Page 73
IV. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION......Page 78
REFERENCES......Page 79
ABSTRACT......Page 82
INTRODUCTION......Page 83
CONCLUSION......Page 90
REFERENCES......Page 91
INTRODUCTION......Page 96
PREVALENCE, RISK FACTORS AND PSYCHIATRIC CO-MORBIDITIES......Page 98
PREVENTION OF INTERNET ADDICTION......Page 102
REFERENCES......Page 103
ABSTRACT......Page 106
THE IMPACT OF THE INTERNET......Page 107
THE INTERNET CULTURE......Page 109
PROBLEMATIC USE OF THE INTERNET......Page 111
PROBLEMATIC USE BY CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS......Page 112
CAUSES OF INTERNET ADDICTION......Page 114
TREATMENT CONSIDERATIONS WITH CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS......Page 115
FUTURE RESEARCH AND CONCLUSIONS......Page 116
REFERENCES......Page 118
INDEX......Page 124