PLoS One. 2015 Jun 18;10(6):e0127787. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127787. Doornwaard SM1, ter Bogt TF1, Reitz E2, van den Eijnden RJ1. Abstract Research on the role of sex-related Internet use in adolescents’ sexual development has often isolated the Internet and online behaviors from other, offline influencing factors in adolescents’ lives, such as processes in the peer domain. The […]
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J Youth Adolesc. 2015 Jul 25. Doornwaard SM1, van den Eijnden RJ, Baams L, Vanwesenbeeck I, Ter Bogt TF. LINK TO FULL STUDY Abstract Although a growing body of literature addresses the effects of young people’s use of sexually explicit Internet material, research on the compulsive use of this type of online content among adolescents […]
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Behav Brain Res. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2015 Jun 5. Published in final edited form as: Behav Brain Res. 2014 Apr 1; 262: 101–108. Published online 2014 Jan 7. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.12.014 PMCID: PMC4457313 NIHMSID: NIHMS554276 Rex M. Philpot, Melanie E. Engberg, and Lynn Wecker Author information ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: […]
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It is hard for teens to overcome the temptation of objects that are rewarding. Post published by Art Markman Ph.D. on Dec 12, 2014 in Ulterior Motives It is common to talk about how the teenage years are a time of risky behavior. And, when we talk about why teens engage in risky behavior, there […]
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Biol Psychiatry. 2015 May 7. pii: S0006-3223(15)00371-6. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.04.026. Kim Y1, Simon NW1, Wood J1, Moghaddam B2. Abstract BACKGROUND: Elucidating the neurobiology of the adolescent brain is fundamental to our understanding of the etiology of psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and addiction, the symptoms of which often manifest during this developmental period. Dopamine neurons in […]
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Front Hum Neurosci. 2015 Jun 16;9:356. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00356. eCollection 2015. Lin F1, Zhou Y2, Du Y3, Zhao Z3, Qin L2, Xu J2, Lei H1. Abnormal structure and function in the striatum and prefrontal cortex (PFC) have been revealed in Internet addiction disorder (IAD). However, little is known about alterations of corticostriatal functional circuits in IAD. […]
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Adolescence. 2007 Spring;42(165):179-97. Wan CS1, Chiou WB. Abstract This research explored, from the perspective of cognitive theory, the psychological motivations of Taiwanese adolescents who are addicted to online games. Study 1 focused on the differential motivations between the addicts and nonaddicts. The findings revealed that the addicts exhibited higher intrinsic than extrinsic motivation, whereas the […]
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Cyberpsychol Behav. 2006 Dec;9(6):762-6. Wan CS1, Chiou WB. Abstract The purpose of this study was twofold: to investigate the conscious and unconscious psychological motivations of online game addicts, and to further discuss the relationship between surface and source motivations. Ten Taiwanese adolescents with online game addiction were selected for in-depth interviews. Through sentence completion test […]
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J Nerv Ment Dis. 2005 Apr;193(4):273-7. Ko CH1, Yen JY, Chen CC, Chen SH, Yen CF. Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate the extent to which gender and other factors predict the severity of online gaming addiction among Taiwanese adolescents. A total of 395 junior high school students were recruited for evaluation […]
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Hum Brain Mapp. 2014 Oct;35(10):5153-65. doi: 10.1002/hbm.22540. Lorenz RC1, Gleich T, Beck A, Pöhland L, Raufelder D, Sommer W, Rapp MA, Kühn S, Gallinat J. Abstract Processing of reward is the basis of adaptive behavior of the human being. Neural correlates of reward processing seem to be influenced by developmental changes from adolescence to late […]
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