Development of an Online and Offline Integration Hypothesis for Healthy Internet Use: Theory and Preliminary Evidence (2018)

Front Psychol. 2018; 9: 492. Published online 2018 Apr 13. doi:  10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00492 PMCID: PMC5908967 PMID: 29706910 Xiaoyan Lin,1,2,† Wenliang Su,1,3,*† and Marc N. Potenza4,5 Abstract The Internet has become an integral part of our daily life, and how to make the best use of the Internet is important to both individuals and the society. Based […]

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Predicting Effects of Psychological Inflexibility/Experiential Avoidance and Stress Coping Strategies for Internet Addiction, Significant Depression, and Suicidality in College Students: A Prospective Study (2018)

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Apr; 15(4): 788. Published online 2018 Apr 18. doi:  10.3390/ijerph15040788 PMCID: PMC5923830 PMID: 29670025 Wei-Po Chou,1,2 Cheng-Fang Yen,1,3,* and Tai-Ling Liu1,3,* Abstract The aims of this study were to evaluate the predicting effects of psychological inflexibility/experiential avoidance (PI/EA) and stress coping strategies for Internet addiction, significant depression and […]

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Using Internet pornography by high school students in the context of family factors (2018)

Korzystanie z pornografii internetowej przez uczennice szkół średnich w kontekście czynników rodzinnych Beata Pawłowska, Emilia Potembska Roczniki Nauk o Rodzinie 3 (2018): 217-228. Abstrakt The aim of the present investigations was to answer the questions of (a) whether and in the sphere of what family factors there are differences between secondary school girls using and […]

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Is it beneficial to use Internet-communication for escaping from boredom? Boredom proneness interacts with cue-induced craving and avoidance expectancies in explaining symptoms of Internet-communication disorder (2018)

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195742 Abstract The use of online-communication applications including messengers (e.g. WhatsApp) or social networking services (e.g. Facebook) on the smartphone has turned into daily practice for billions of people, for example during waiting times. An increasing number of individuals show diminished control over their usage of these applications despite negative consequences in everyday life. This […]

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Effects of Internet and Smartphone Addictions on Depression and Anxiety Based on Propensity Score Matching Analysis (2018)

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Apr 25;15(5). pii: E859. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15050859. Kim YJ1, Jang HM2, Lee Y3, Lee D4, Kim DJ5. Abstract The associations of Internet addiction (IA) and smartphone addiction (SA) with mental health problems have been widely studied. We investigated the effects of IA and SA on depression and anxiety while […]

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Increased Insular Cortical Thickness Associated With Symptom Severity in Male Youths With Internet Gaming Disorder: A Surface-Based Morphometric Study (2018)

Front. Psychiatry, 03 April 2018 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00099 Shuai Wang1,2, Jing Liu3, Lin Tian4*, Limin Chen1, Jun Wang1, Qunfeng Tang5, Fuquan Zhang1 and Zhenhe Zhou1,2* 1Department of Psychiatry, The Affiliated Wuxi Mental Health Center of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, China 2Wuxi Tongren International Rehabilitation Hospital, Wuxi, China 3Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China 4Department of Substance Dependency, […]

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Altered Gray Matter Volume and Resting-State Connectivity in Individuals With Internet Gaming Disorder: A Voxel-Based Morphometry and Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study (2018)

Front Psychiatry. 2018; 9: 77. Published online 2018 Mar 27. doi:  10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00077 PMCID: PMC5881242 PMID: 29636704 Ji-Woo Seok1 and Jin-Hun Sohn2,* Abstract Neuroimaging studies on the characteristics of individuals with Internet gaming disorder (IGD) have been accumulating due to growing concerns regarding the psychological and social problems associated with Internet use. However, relatively little is […]

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Circulating MicroRNA Expression Levels Associated With Internet Gaming Disorder (2018)

Front Psychiatry. 2018; 9: 81. Published online 2018 Mar 12. doi:  10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00081 PMCID: PMC5858605 PMID: 29593587 Minho Lee,1,† Hyeyoung Cho,2,3,† Seung Hyun Jung,2,4 Seon-Hee Yim,2 Sung-Min Cho,2,3 Ji-Won Chun,5 Soo-Hyun Paik,5 Yae Eun Park,6,7 Dong Huey Cheon,7,8 Ji Eun Lee,7 Jung-Seok Choi,9 Dai-Jin Kim,5,* and Yeun-Jun Chung1,2,3,* Abstract Background Addictive use of the Internet and […]

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Investigating the Effect of Personality, Internet Literacy, and Use Expectancies in Internet-Use Disorder: A Comparative Study between China and Germany (2018)

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Mar 23;15(4). pii: E579. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15040579. Stodt B1, Brand M2,3, Sindermann C4, Wegmann E5, Li M6, Zhou M7, Sha P8, Montag C9,10. Abstract Research on Internet-use Disorder (IUD) has increased rapidly, indicating its clinical and global importance. Past studies suggested cultural diversity regarding the prevalence of an IUD, […]

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Brain Structures Associated with Internet Addiction Tendency in Adolescent Online Game Players (2018)

ront. Psychiatry, 06 March 2018 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00067 Nannan Pan1†, Yongxin Yang2†, Xin Du1, Xin Qi1, Guijin Du3, Yang Zhang1, Xiaodong Li3* and Quan Zhang1* 1Department of Radiology and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China 2Department of Psychology, Linyi Fourth People’s Hospital, Linyi, China 3Department of Radiology, Linyi People’s […]

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