A cross-sectional analysis of video games and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms in adolescents (2006)

Comments: More video gaming = more symptoms of ADHD Ann Gen Psychiatry. 2006 Oct 24;5:16. Chan PA, Rabinowitz T. Source Department of Internal Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA. [email protected] Abstract BACKGROUND: Excessive use of the Internet has been associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but the relationship between video […]

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The effect of family therapy on the changes in the severity of online game play and brain activity in adolescents with online game addiction (2012)

Comments: Bonding with loved ones altered the brain, and lessened addictive activities. Psychiatry Res. 2012 May 31;202(2):126-31. doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2012.02.011   Han DH, Kim SM, Lee YS, Renshaw PF. Source Department of Psychiatry, Chung Ang University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Abstract We evaluated whether a brief 3-week family therapy intervention would change patterns […]

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Brain fMRI study of crave induced by cue pictures in online game addicts (male adolescents) (2012)

Behav Brain Res. 2012 Aug 1;233(2):563-76. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.05.005. Epub 2012 Jun 6.   Sun Y, Ying H, Seetohul RM, Xuemei W, Ya Z, Qian L, Guoqing X, Ye S. Source Dalian Medical University, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Dalian, China. [email protected] Abstract OBJECTIVE: To study crave-related cerebral regions induced by game figure cues in […]

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Depression and Internet addiction in adolescents (2007)

Comments: High correlation with depression. More important, depression was correlated more closley with Internet addiction than with “biogenetic temperament”. That means Internet addiction caused the depression rather than depression caused the addiction. Psychopathology. 2007;40(6):424-30. Epub 2007 Aug 20.   Ha JH, Kim SY, Bae SC, Bae S, Kim H, Sim M, Lyoo IK, Cho SC. […]

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Associations between pornography consumption and sexual practices among adolescents in Sweden (2005)

Comments: data from 2004 or earlier. Yet it was found that 98% of men, and 72% of women (average age – 18) had ever consumed porn. Int J STD AIDS. 2005 Feb;16(2):102-7. Häggström-Nordin E, Hanson U, Tydén T. Source – Center of Clinical Research, Central Hospital Västerås, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University, […]

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X-Rated: Sexual attitudes and behaviors associated with U.S. early adolescents’ exposure to sexually explicit media (2009)

J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2008 Dec 10. FULL STUDY – PDF Brown JD, L’ Engle KL. Abstract Correlates of use and subsequent sexual attitudes and behaviors predicted by exposure to sexually explicit content (i.e., pornography and erotica) in adult magazines, X-rated movies, and the Internet were examined in a prospective survey of a diverse sample […]

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Pornography use as a risk marker for an aggressive pattern of behavior among sexually reactive children and adolescents (2009)

J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc. 2009 Jan;14(6):442-53. doi: 10.1177/1078390308327137.   Alexy EM, Burgess AW, Prentky RA. Source William F. Connell School of Nursing, Boston College, Massachusetts. Abstract Sexually reactive children and adolescents (SRCAs), sometimes referred to as juvenile sexual offenders, may be more vulnerable and likely to experience damaging effects from pornography use because they […]

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Sex, Sexuality, Sexting, and SexEd: Adolescents and the Media (2009)

LINK TO FULL ARTICLE (PDF) Sex, Sexuality, Sexting, and SexEd: Adolescents and the Media By Jane D. Brown, Ph.D., Sarah Keller, Ph.D., and Susannah Stern, Ph.D. The Prevention Researcher, Volume 16, Number 4, 2009, Pages 12-16, Item# A164-Brown The traditional media (television, radio, movies, magazines) and new, digital media (the Internet, Social Networking Sites such […]

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Periadolescent Mice Show Enhanced ΔFosB Upregulation in Response to Cocaine and Amphetamine (2002)

J Neurosci. 2002 Nov 1;22(21):9155-9.   Ehrlich ME, Sommer J, Canas E, Unterwald EM. Source The Nathan Kline Institute, Orangeburg, New York, 10962, USA. [email protected] Abstract Children and adolescents are increasingly exposed to psychostimulants, either illicitly or for the treatment of common neuropsychiatric conditions, such as attention deficit disorder with and without hyperactivity. Despite the […]

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The Problematic Internet Entertainment Use Scale for Adolescents: Prevalence of Problem Internet Use in Spanish High School Students (2012)

Comments: Study states that 5% of students, ages 12-18, have Internet addiction. It’s unclear what criteria researchers employed to assess IAD. Moreover the criteria were for “the presence of symptoms of behavioral addiction to online videogames and social networking sites“. Not a word about porn. IAD is much higher in male populations, yet this sample […]

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