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Theory and measurement of generalized problematic Internet use: A two-step approach

Scott E. Caplan
- 01 Sep 2010 - 
- Vol. 26, Iss: 5, pp 1089-1097
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Results indicated that a preference for online social interaction and use of the Internet for mood regulation, predict deficient self-regulation of Internet use (i.e., compulsive Internet use and a cognitive preoccupation with the Internet).
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This article is published in Computers in Human Behavior.The article was published on 2010-09-01. It has received 735 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: The Internet & Mood.

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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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Online Social Network Site Addiction: A Comprehensive Review

TL;DR: A review of online social network site addiction can be found in this paper, which suggests that SNS addiction shares many similarities with those of other addictions, including tolerance, withdrawal, conflict, salience, relapse, and mood modification.
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The uses and abuses of Facebook: A review of Facebook addiction.

TL;DR: There is some evidence to support the argument that uses and gratifications of Facebook are linked with Facebook addiction, but inconsistency in the measurement of this condition limits the ability to provide conclusive arguments.
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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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Longitudinal and Reciprocal Relations of Cyberbullying With Depression, Substance Use, and Problematic Internet Use Among Adolescents

TL;DR: CB is predictive of some significant psychological and behavioral health problems among adolescents and intervention efforts should pay attention to these in the prevention and treatment of consequences of CB.
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