Internet addiction known as a behavioral dependence and the inability to control impulses associated with the use of the Internet, although in 1996, and perhaps earlier, was described, until the publication of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorders in 2013, wasn’t a disorder with formal diagnostic criteria. Putting the internet addiction in third se...

Introduction: The research has been done to determine the effect of using Internet on mental health and life quality of both male and female high school students of Tehran, Iran. Method: This was a correlation and causal-comparative research which its statistical population included all male and female middle school students of zone 8 and zone 15 of Tehran, Iran. 736 individual were selected f...

Background and Objectives: The Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire (PIUQ) is a scale for evaluating the adverse effects of high Internet usage. It was adopted into Persian in a previous study. The factorial structure of the adopted version was different from the original English version. The purpose of this study was to determine the factorial structure of the Persian version of the Problema...

Due to the influence of information and communication technology and internet on commercial and operational processes, they are necessary for all companies for direct competition. E-marketing is one of ICI's outcomes that can use IT and internet for marketing purposes. Thus, internet is the most influencial marketing tool with global cover which can facilitate company's access to the global mar...

  Background: Internet is a safe tool but its extreme use leads into internet addiction that is classified as behavior-based addictions. The use of internet and the internet addiction is increased among students and university students. This study was done with the purpose of determining the knowledge condition, attitude and addiction to internet among BSc students of Tehran University of Medic...