Internet addiction: a 21stcentury epidemic?

Christakis, Dimitri A

doi:10.1186/1741-7015-8-61

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Internet addiction: a 21stcentury epidemic?

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Christakis, Dimitri A·2010·BMC Medicine

DOI 10.1186/1741-7015-8-61PMC PMC2972229

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Internet addiction, while not yet officially codified within a psychopathological framework, is growing both in prevalence and within the public consciousness as a potentially problematic condition with many parallels to existing recognized disorders. The rapid and unfettered increase in the number of people accessing a relatively unrestricted internet substantially increases the possibility that those suffering with an underlying psychological comorbidity may be at serious risk of developing an addiction to the internet, lending further credence to this hitherto understudied condition. In this commentary, I outline my recommendations for improved diagnosis, study and prevention of internet addiction.

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Reported prevalence rates of Internet addiction across studies range from 1% to 14%.
“Rates range from 1 to 14% [7]”
From Occurence of Internet addiction in a general population sample: A Latent Class Analysis (2014) · cites this paper as [7]
Tao and colleagues define a minimum of 6 hours per day of Internet use as required for a diagnosis of Internet addiction.
“Tao et al. [7] define a minimum amount of 6 h/day spent in the Internet to fulfil the diagnosis of Internet addiction.”
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Proposed criteria for Internet addiction by Tao et al. include a course criterion requiring at least 3 months of duration and 6 hours of Internet non-business usage per day.
“Proposed criteria for Internet addiction by Tao et al. [7] include a course criterion requiring at least 3 months of duration and 6 h of Internet non-business usage per day.”
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The CIUS includes salience, withdrawal, loss of control, conflict, and coping with unpleasant mood, which resemble current suggestions for classifying Internet use disorders.
“salience, withdrawal, loss of control, conflict and coping with unpleasant mood are included and resemble current suggestions for classifying Internet use disorders.”
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There are no generally accepted diagnostic criteria for defining Internet addiction.
“In face of lacking generally accepted diagnostic criteria to define Internet addiction”
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Authors: Christakis, D. A.
Affiliations: Seattle Children's Research Institute (US)
Corresponding author: Christakis, Dimitri A
ORCID: Christakis, Dimitri A
Venue: BMC Medicine
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2010-10-18
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Pages: 61-61
ISSN: 1741-7015 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-8-61
PMC: PMC2972229
OpenAlex: W2169876268
Cited by: 249
References: 32
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FWCI: 30.07
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: gold
doi.org
Licence: cc-by
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Locations: BMC Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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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
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Gambling Behavior and Treatments
Keywords: internet addiction, prevalence, psychological comorbidity, diagnosis, prevention, psychopathology, internet use
MeSH terms: Compulsive Behavior, Humans, Psychopathology, Behavior, Addictive, Internet

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