In reporting Implicit Association Test (IAT) results, researchers have most often used scoring conventions described in the first publication of the IAT (A. G. Greenwald, D. E. McGhee, & J. L. K. Schwartz, 1998). Demonstration IATs available on the Internet have produced large data sets that were used in the current article to evaluate alternative scoring procedures. Candidate new algorithms we...

Introduction Addiction is a disease that comes with range of consequences. Its physical, mental, personal, social and financial repercussions could not be neglected. Yet, this issue still stigmatized. It public health problem may affect people from different backgrounds including healthcare professionals. Objectives To investigate the risk factors for substance addiction: cigarette addiction be...

This study aimed to identify risk factors involved in Internet addiction. A total of 216 college students (132 males and 84 females) were given the following: (a) the diagnostic interview for Internet addiction, (b) the Iowa gambling test for decision-making deficits, (c) the Balloon Analog Risk Test (BART) to assess risk-taking tendencies, and (d) the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (...

aim: nowadays, the internet is considered as an appropriate means of transferring knowledge in education and research processes. however, overusing the internet may cause addiction. this problem may increase as the internet usage increases. this paper attempted to study the internet addiction among the students of yazd universities. methods: this research was a cross-sectional study conducted a...

AIM The purpose of this study was to examine the association of Internet overuse with excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS). METHODS A total of 2336 high school students in South Korea (boys, 57.5%; girls, 42.5%) completed the structured questionnaire. The severity of Internet addiction was evaluated using Young's Internet addiction test. RESULTS The proportions of boys who were classified as ...

BACKGROUND Evidence on the burden of depression, internet addiction and poor sleep quality in undergraduate students from Nepal is virtually non-existent. While the interaction between sleep quality, internet addiction and depressive symptoms is frequently assessed in studies, it is not well explored if sleep quality or internet addiction statistically mediates the association between the other...

Objective: The present study aimed to predict internet addiction based on general self-efficacy, difficulty in emotion regulation, and resilience in medical students. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. The statistical population included all medical students of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. The research sample consisted of 96 medical students selected by random sampli...

abstract: introduction: access to the internet is a growing phenomenon .every day more people are among the internet users. this study aimed to investigate internet addiction and its effective factors among students in hormozgan university of medical sciences. methods: this study was of a descriptive, cross- - sectional type which aimed to investigate internet addiction and effective factors am...

OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of Internet addiction and the risk of developing this addiction in Polish adolescents attending junior high schools and high school in Lublin Province, to indicate the differences regarding the intensity of Internet addiction symptoms, and the types of online activity of adolescents residing in urban and rural areas. MATERIA...