Internet Addiction: The Emergence of a New Clinical Disorder
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...In fact, some researchers have adapted the categories in the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders–Fourth Edition dealing with compulsive behavior to address video game play as a type of addictive behavior (Young, 1996)....
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...In the fifth study [86], SNS addiction was assessed in a sample of 335 Chinese college students aged 19 to 28 years using Young’s Internet Addiction Test [98] modified to specifically assess the addiction to a common Chinese SNS, namely Xiaonei....
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...Test [98] using 342 Chinese college students aged 18 to 22 years....
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...In the fifth study [86], SNS addiction was assessed in a sample of 335 Chinese college students aged 19 to 28 years using Young’s Internet Addiction Test [98] modified to specifically assess the addiction to a common Chinese SNS, namely Xiaonei.com....
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...This result shows a significant discrepancy from the stereotypic profile of an "Internet addict" as a young, computer-savvy male (Young, 1996a) and is counter to previous research that has suggested males predominantly utilize and feel comfortable with information technologies (Busch, 1995;…...
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...Employers uncertain how to approach Internet addiction among workers may respond with warnings, job suspensions, or termination from employment instead of m aking a referral to the com pany’s E m ployee A ssistance P rogram (Young, 1996b)....
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