background: the internet is one of the most important sources to access scientific writing in medical universities. however, the students use it for their personal and special goals. since the prevalence and the incidence of internet addiction are recently increasing among students, this study was carried out to assess the relation between general health and internet addiction in students of is...

Kaohsiung J Med Sci December 2005 • Vol 21 • No 12 545 Internet use is a convenience in modern life. However, 11.67–19.8% of adolescents have developed an addiction to Internet use, which impairs these individuals’ psychological well-being, peer and family interactions, and academic performance [1–3]. Males, adolescents with higher sensation seeking, and boys with lower self esteem are at highe...

background: the goals of the present work were to retrieve the scientific articles published on addiction to the internet, video games, and cell phones and to analyze the pattern of publications in this area (who is doing the research, when and where it is taking place, and in which journals it is being  published), to determine the research being conducted as well as to document geographical t...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to evaluate the roles of pathological disorders in Internet addiction disorder and identify the pathological problems in IAD, as well as explore the mental status of Internet addicts prior to addiction, including the pathological traits that may trigger Internet addiction disorder. METHODS AND FINDINGS 59 students were measured by Symptom CheckList-90 before and af...

the purpose of the survey was to study the relationship between the rate of addiction to internet with academic motivation and social development. the method of the research was descriptive correlation. the statistical population included all high school students of mazandaran province which consisted 99328 ones. 417 students were selected as statistical sample. yang’s internet addiction questi...

background: this study aimed to investigate the impact ofinternet addiction on some psychiatric symptoms among universitystudents.methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted among 250students selected via quota sampling from universities in isfahan,iran. participants completed demographic questionnaire, youngdiagnostic questionnaire, internet addiction test and symptomchecklist‑90‑revisio...