Internet addiction in adolescents: prevalence and risk factors
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The use of online gaming and social applications increased the risk for Internet addiction, whereas extraversion and conscientiousness appeared as protective factors in high frequency online gamers and support the inclusion of ‘Internet addiction’ in the DSM-V.About:
This article is published in Computers in Human Behavior.The article was published on 2013-09-01 and is currently open access. It has received 392 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Suicide and the Internet & The Internet.read more
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Internet addiction: a systematic review of epidemiological research for the last decade.
TL;DR: The results indicate that a number of core symptoms of Internet addiction appear relevant for diagnosis, which assimilates Internet addiction and other addictive disorders and also differentiates them, implying a conceptualisation as syndrome with similar etiology and components, but different expressions of addictions.
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Adolescent psychiatric disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown.
Sélim Benjamin Guessoum,Sélim Benjamin Guessoum,Jonathan Lachal,Rahmeth Radjack,Emilie Carretier,Sevan Minassian,Laelia Benoit,Marie Rose Moro +7 more
TL;DR: The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown may have a negative outcome on the mental health of adolescents, although there is still no data on the long term impact of this crisis.
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Measuring DSM-5 internet gaming disorder
TL;DR: The nine items of the IGDS-SF9 are valid, reliable, and proved to be highly suitable for measuring IGD, which is a new nine-item short-form scale to assess Internet Gaming Disorder.
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The Social Media Disorder Scale
TL;DR: Evidence is generated that the short 9-item SMD scale is a psychometrically sound and valid instruments to measure SMD.
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Internet gaming addiction: current perspectives.
TL;DR: The holistic approach adopted here not only highlights empirical research that evidences neurobiologic correlates of Internet gaming addiction and the establishment of a preliminary diagnosis, but also emphasizes the necessity of an indepth understanding of the meaning, context, and practices associated with gaming.
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