One guy says: Recently I’ve been doing language exchanges via Skype with people I’ve found on italki.com. It’s a website designed specifically for connecting people who want to learn each others languages. After six weeks of talking mostly with Chinese engineers, I feel like my Chinese has improved significantly. This could be another opportunity, like […]
COMMENTS: Another study showing gawd-awful ED rates in men: The prevalence of ED in men with 40–51 years was 58.6% Researchers offered no good explanation, other than the observation that ED rates are climbing in young men. As with previous studies, the researchers did not ask about internet porn use. From the study: However, we […]
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Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2008 Aug;28(8):561-4. [Article in Chinese] Zhu TM1, Jin RJ, Zhong XM, Chen J, Li H. Abstract OBJECTIVE: To observe therapeutic effect of electroacupuncture (EA) on internet addiction disorder (lAD) and to preliminarily probe the mechanism. METHODS: Forty-seven cases of TAD were randomly divided into a psychotherapy group and an EA plus psychotherapy […]
ScientificWorldJournal. 2014;2014:874648. doi: 10.1155/2014/874648. Wang CW1, Chan CL2, Mak KK3, Ho SY3, Wong PW4, Ho RT2. Abstract This pilot study investigated the patterns of video and internet gaming habits and the prevalence and correlates of gaming addiction in Hong Kong adolescents. A total of 503 students were recruited from two secondary schools. Addictive behaviors of […]
J Addict Med. 2014 Jul 14. An J1, Sun Y, Wan Y, Chen J, Wang X, Tao F. Abstract OBJECTIVE:: To evaluate the associations between problematic Internet use (PIU) and physical and psychological symptoms among Chinese adolescents, and to investigate the possible role of sleep quality in this association. METHODS:: A cross-sectional school-based study was […]
COMMENTS: One of the rare studies that tract Internet users over time. This study found that Internet use caused depression in adolescents. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2010 Oct;164(10):901-6. doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.159. Lam LT1, Peng ZW. Abstract OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of pathological use of the Internet on the mental health, including anxiety and depression, of […]
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2014 Jun;68(6):471-8. doi: 10.1111/pcn.12153. Tang J1, Zhang Y, Li Y, Liu L, Liu X, Zeng H, Xiang D, Li CS, Lee TS. Author information Abstract AIM: This study investigated the clinical characteristics of internet addiction using a cross-sectional survey and psychiatric interview. METHODS: A structured questionnaire consisted of demographics, Symptom Checklist 90, […]
Well it’s 21:05 09/06/2014 in China. I’m not sure if you are British people or American people. But it’s amazing to find this website. It seems that the bad effect of porn has spreaded all over the world. You have NoFap,and we China also have our own forum just like NoFap. There are over 500,000 […]
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PLoS One. 2014 Jun 4;9(6):e98312. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098312. Lin YH1, Chang LR2, Lee YH3, Tseng HW4, Kuo TB5, Chen SH6. Abstract Objective The aim of this study was to develop a self-administered scale based on the special features of smartphone. The reliability and validity of the Smartphone Addiction Inventory (SPAI) was demonstrated. Methods A total of […]
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PLoS One. 2014 May 21;9(5):e97920. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097920. Kim D1, Lee Y1, Lee J1, Nam JK1, Chung Y2. Author information 1Department of Education, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea. 2Department of Education, Korea National University of Education, CheongJu, South Korea. Abstract This study developed a Smartphone Addiction Proneness Scale (SAPS) based on the existing internet and […]
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