The Dark Side of Internet Use: Two Longitudinal Studies of Excessive Internet Use, Depressive Symptoms, School Burnout and Engagement Among Finnish Early and Late Adolescents (2016)

J Youth Adolesc. 2016 May 2. Salmela-Aro K1,2, Upadyaya K3,4, Hakkarainen K5, Lonka K6, Alho K5. Abstract Recent research shows an increased concern with well-being at school and potential problems associated with students’ use of socio-digital technologies, i.e., the mobile devices, computers, social media, and the Internet. Simultaneously with supporting creative social activities, socio-digital participation […]

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Regular gaming behavior and internet gaming disorder in European adolescents: results from a cross-national representative survey of prevalence, predictors, and psychopathological correlates (2015)

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2015 May;24(5):565-74. doi: 10.1007/s00787-014-0611-2. Epub 2014 Sep 5. Müller KW1, Janikian M, Dreier M, Wölfling K, Beutel ME, Tzavara C, Richardson C, Tsitsika A. Abstract Excessive use of online computer games which leads to functional impairment and distress has recently been included as Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) in Section III of […]

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Risk factors of Internet addiction and the health effect of internet addiction on adolescents: a systematic review of longitudinal and prospective studies (2014)

Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2014 Nov;16(11):508. doi: 10.1007/s11920-014-0508-2. Lam LT1. Abstract Internet gaming addiction was included in the latest version of the DSM-V as a possible disorder recently, while debate is still on-going as to whether the condition called “Internet Addiction” (IA) could be fully recognised as an established disorder. The major contention is how well […]

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Problematic Internet Use and Problematic Online Gaming Are Not the Same: Findings from a Large Nationally Representative Adolescent Sample (2014)

Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2014 Dec 1; 17(12): 749–754. doi:  10.1089/cyber.2014.0475 PMCID: PMC4267705 Orsolya Király, MA,1,,2 Mark D. Griffiths, PhD,3 Róbert Urbán, PhD,1 Judit Farkas, MA,1,,4 Gyöngyi Kökönyei, PhD,1 Zsuzsanna Elekes, DSc,5 Domokos Tamás, MA,6 and Zsolt Demetrovics, PhD1 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► This article has been cited by other articles […]

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Compromised Prefrontal Cognitive Control Over Emotional Interference in Adolescents with Internet Gaming Disorder (2016)

Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2015 Nov;18(11):661-8. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2015.0231. Lee J1,2, Lee S2, Chun JW3, Cho H3, Kim DJ3, Jung YC1,2. Abstract Increased reports of impulsivity and aggression in male adolescents with Internet gaming might reflect their dysfunction in emotion regulation, particularly in suppression of negative emotions, which should affect the various stages of Internet gaming […]

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Decreased modulation by the risk level on the brain activation during decision making in adolescents with internet gaming disorder (2015)

Front Behav Neurosci. 2015; 9: 296. Published online 2015 Nov 3. doi:  10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00296 PMCID: PMC4630310 Xin Qi,1,† Xin Du,1,† Yongxin Yang,2,† Guijin Du,3 Peihong Gao,3 Yang Zhang,1 Wen Qin,1 Xiaodong Li,3,* and Quan Zhang1,* Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ►   Go to: Abstract Greater impulse and risk-taking and reduced […]

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Altered Structural Correlates of Impulsivity in Adolescents with Internet Gaming Disorder (2016)

Front Hum Neurosci. 2016; 10: 4. Published online 2016 Jan 28. doi:  10.3389/fnhum.2016.00004 PMCID: PMC4729938 Xin Du,1,† Xin Qi,1,† Yongxin Yang,2,† Guijin Du,3 Peihong Gao,3 Yang Zhang,1 Wen Qin,1 Xiaodong Li,3,* and Quan Zhang1,* Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ►   Go to: Abstract Recent studies suggested that internet gaming […]

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Adolescents’ Exposure to Sexually Explicit Internet Material and Sexual Satisfaction: A Longitudinal Study (2009)

COMMENTS: As of 2009, the was the only longitudinal study on adolescents’ sexual satisfaction and porn use. It found that porn use reduced sexual satisfaction. Human Communication Research Volume 35, Issue 2, pages 171–194, April 2009 Jochen Peter* and Patti M. Valkenburg DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2958.2009.01343.x Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate, within a social […]

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A hidden type of internet addiction? Intense and addictive use of social networking sites in adolescents (2016)

Computers in Human Behavior Volume 55, Part A, February 2016, Pages 172–177 K.W. Müllera, , , M. Dreiera, , M.E. Beutela, , E. Duvena, , S. Giraltb, , K. Wölflinga, Highlights Intense use of social networking is correlated with criteria for internet addiction. The prevalence amounted to 4.1% (boys) and 3.6% (girls). Addictive use was […]

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Cybersex in the “Net generation”: Online sexual activities among Spanish adolescents (2016)

Computers in Human Behavior Volume 57, April 2016, Pages 261–266 Rafael Ballester-Arnala, , ,Cristina Giménez-Garcíaa, ,María Dolores Gil-Llariob, ,Jesús Castro-Calvoa, Highlights The online sexual behaviors are frequent among Spanish adolescent boys. Gender seems to play an important role in adolescent cybersex. The use of pornography and the oral sex may associated with adolescent cybersex. In […]

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