Purpose: Introduction: One of the most recent problems of the technology era is the use of extreme or addiction to the Internet, which has caused mental and social disorders, especially in young people. The present study aimed to investigate the degree of dependence, recognition of the relationship and the prediction of the mental health of Internet user students based on Dependence on the Inte...

Introduction: Internet is one of the world's most popular social media that addiction to it, is rapidly increasing. This study aimed to determine the level of internet addiction and its related factors among students of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the first semester of 2015. 384 students of Kurdistan University of Medical Scienc...

Introduction: Despite several advantages of Internet, it involves serious problems and the most important ones is dependency on Internet. This study aimed to examine the Internet dependency in students of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences. Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 384 students of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences were selected through stratified rando...

Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) is a growing attention in the media and among researchers has been conceptualized as a category of behavioral addictions and different diagnostic criteria have been proposed for it. Although there is no consensus on the correct diagnosis of Internet addiction disorder, co-morbidity is its first concern. The main objective of the present study was to investigate...

Social isolation is one prevalent social deficiencies among adolescents. Reasons of social isolation in adolescents are not clear yet. One of the variables that have attracted researchers in recent years to the etiology of social isolation is the dependence on new communication technologies, especially the Internet. This study aimed to determine the relationship between cyberspace dependency an...

The prevalence rate of harmful use of cyberspace in the world is constantly increasing. This means that those who are addicted to the Internet, experience negative consequences of it, such as feeling of loneliness and isolation, and a vicious circle as well as a bilateral relationship may be involved. In this paper we studied the relationship between online social network dependency and interne...

  Introduction: Internet addiction is considered a psychological disorder. In this research, the effect of internet dependence on organizational commitment was studied. Methods: It was a descriptive correlational study. The statistical population of this research consisted of all nursing staff working in Kermanshah Hospitals. The sample size was calculated as 181 using Cochran's formula....