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Internet addiction: evaluation and treatment
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“Furthermore, the implementation of an intervention based on the cognitive-behavioral approach (Young, 1999, 2007; Gupta et al., 2013) effectively reduced social media addiction and improved mental health and academic efficiency.”
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“The experimental group participants evaluated the intervention to be effective, in line with prior research showing that cognitive reconstruction, the reminder card technique, and daily reflections are effective methods in reducing Internet addiction (Young, 1999).”
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- Authors
- Young, K. S.
- Corresponding author
- Young, Kimberly S
- ORCID
- Young, Kimberly S
- Venue
- BMJ
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 1999-10-01
- Volume
- 319
- Issue
- Suppl S4
- Pages
- 9910351
- ISSN
- 1756-1833 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2936368871
- Cited by
- 274
- References
- 3
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- Type
- journal article
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- en
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- BMJ (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Keywords
- internet addiction, addiction assessment, addiction treatment, behavioral addiction
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