Comments: Like studies before it, brain scans revealed addiction-like structural changes in those with Internet addiction. Abnormalities in white and gray matter are also found in those with drug addiction. FULL STUDY Background Internet addiction disorder (IAD) is currently becoming a serious mental health issue around the globe. Previous studies regarding IAD were mainly focused […]
Read More… from Abnormal White Matter Integrity in Adolescents with Internet Addiction Disorder: A Tract-Based Spatial Statistics Study (2012)
Comments: This study acknowledges that Internet pornography (cybersexual) is one of five categories of Internt addiction. It also states the problem is growing. ScientificWorldJournal. 2011; 11: 2187–2196. Published online 2011 November 3. doi: 10.1100/2011/308631 Hing Keung Ma Department of Education Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Academic Editor: Joav Merrick This is an open […]
Read More… from Internet Addiction and Antisocial Internet Behavior of Adolescents (2011)
Tales of Porn-Related ED 7 is in an 8-part series of stories with a very small sampling of self-reports by various men who have experienced porn-induced ED. For more stories check out these porn-induced ED threads and forum sections: Too much porn/masturbation cause ED? (3300 posts) 22 with porn induced erectile dysfunction? (450 posts) Porn-induced […]
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Comments: States – Internet addiction may be as high as 25% in the population, and ADHD is associated with overuse, and may exacerbate symptoms. Atten Defic Hyperact Disord. 2011 Dec;3(4):327-34. Epub 2011 Sep 24. Weiss MD, Baer S, Allan BA, Saran K, Schibuk H. Source Children’s and Women’s Health Centre of BC, University of British […]
Read More… from The screens culture: impact on ADHD. (2011)
Comments: Great article on Interent Addiction. Can be found here Just as fast-food executives have capitalized on reward circuitry in our brains, savvy Internet entrepreneurs could influence our every action How would a fast-food business executive build a very profitable Internet business? He would use techniques similar to those perfected by McDonald’s, Coca Cola, Nestle, […]
Read More… from (L) Internet Compulsion Disorder: Should We Include It in the DSM? (2011)
This page contains short internet addiction summaries of the latest research on Internet Addiction (As of 2020 we are no longer adding studies to this current page: see this page for all Internet addiction studies). Other studies involving Internet Gaming Addiction (IGD) can be found here. Internet addiction brain studies have already confirmed the presence […]
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COMMENTS: Greek study finding that 21% of 9th & 10th graders displayed maladaptive Interent use: “Among the study population (n = 866), the prevalence rate of maladaptive internet use (MIU) was 20.9% (n = 181).” (Among the study population, the prevalence rates of potential PIU and PIU were 19.4% and 1.5%, respectively) Note that the […]
Read More… from Risk factors and psychosocial characteristics of potential problematic and problematic internet use among adolescents: A cross-sectional study (2011)
Did addiction politics leave us stranded on a slippery slope? Ever wonder why the brains of pathological gamblers, food addicts and video-game addicts have been studied, yet no one has studied the brains of porn addicts? We’ve certainly wondered—especially as one often hears the claim that the absence of studies is “proof” that porn addiction/sex […]
Read More… from The Wages of Sexual-Addiction Politics (2011)
Most countries are getting around the “masturbation is NEVER a problem” medical nonsense by studying “Internet addiction” (instead of breaking it down into porn, gaming, whatever). Very clever. Shuts up the narrow-minded “experts” who are delusional about the porn’s effects. The study below found that OCD is a typical *result* of this addiction. In other […]
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Comments: More evidence accumulating for “Interent Addiction”. In this study 18% of college students met the criteria for Internet addiction. Authors suggested that Interent addiction caused several mood disorders, including anxiety, OCD and depression. J Res Med Sci. 2011 Jun;16(6):793-800. Link to Full Study Alavi SS, Maracy MR, Jannatifard F, Eslami M. Source Management and Medical […]
Read More… from The effect of psychiatric symptoms on the Internet addiction disorder in Isfahan’s University students (2011)