multiple applications of internet and its attractions causes a phenomenon named "internet addiction" is emerging in recent years. There is a significant relationship between internet addiction and personality traits, emotional intelligence and mood disorders. The aim of the present study is to review the relationship between internet addiction and metacognition variables, emotional intelligence...

Objective: The current study was conducted to investigate the role of internalizing and externalizing symptoms and social isolation due to Internet addiction and cyberspace use among teenage girls in 2016-2017 year.  Methods: The research method used in this study was cross-sectional. The study population included all girl students of the second grade public high schools of Tehran city during ...

Background: Regarding the relationship between emotional symptoms and addictive behaviors and their practical and quick treatments, this study aimed to investigate the efficacy of emotion-focused group therapy (EFGT) on the reduction of negative emotions and Internet addiction symptoms. Methods: This was an experimental study with a pre-test, post-test control group design. The study participa...

BACKGROUND The number of Internet users in India crossed 205 million in October 2013. Excessive internet use has been attributed to socio-occupational dysfunction, and this study is targeting the junior doctors on whom not many studies have been done till date. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to analyze the proportion of junior doctors with internet addiction and whether there is an...

The Internet Process Addiction Test (IPAT) was created to screen for potential addictive behaviors that could be facilitated by the internet. The IPAT was created with the mindset that the term "Internet addiction" is structurally problematic, as the Internet is simply the medium that one uses to access various addictive processes. The role of the internet in facilitating addictions, however, c...

Work stress, as defined by the Demand-Control-Support (DCS) model and the Effort-Reward Imbalance (ERI) model, has been found to predict risks for depression, anxiety, and substance addictions, but little research is available on work stress and Internet addiction. The aims of this study are to assess whether the DCS and ERI models predict subsequent risks of Internet addiction, and to examine ...

Concern about Internet addiction, fuelled by the rapid increase in its usage across the globe, has spread to many parts of the world, including the Arab world. Concurrently, there has been a relentless quest for a valid tool for measuring Internet addiction. Thus far, two popular tools have been translated to Arabic: the Compulsive Internet Use Scale and the Internet addiction test (IAT). While...

The main goal of the present study is to investigate the psychometric properties of a French version of the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) and to assess its relationship with both time spent on Internet and online gaming. The French version of the Young's Internet Addiction Test (IAT) was administered to a sample of 246 adults. Exploratory and confirmatory analyses were carried out. We discovere...

OBJECTIVES To explore the association between peripheral blood dopamine level and internet addiction disorder (IAD) in adolescents, this could be used to explain the neurobiological mechanism of Internet addiction disorder. METHODS 33 adolescents with IAD diagnosed by Young's Internet Addiction Test (IAT) and 33 healthy controls matched by gender and age were investigated in the present study...