Pornography: the psychological and neurological effects of a $97 billion industry (2018)

Review article Bridie H Peters Abstract Aims: This review aims to summarise the research exploring the health effects of internet pornography on its users. It focuses on pornography’s addictive potential, impact on sexual behaviours and mental health. Methods: The relevant literature concerning the health effects of internet pornography was reviewed. Resources were sourced from databases […]

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(CAUSATION) Bidirectional Associations Between Self-Reported Gaming Disorder and Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Evidence From a Sample of Young Swiss Men (2018)

Front. Psychiatry, 11 December 2018 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00649 Simon Marmet1*, Joseph Studer1, Véronique S. Grazioli1 and Gerhard Gmel1,2,3,4 1Alcohol Treatment Centre, Lausanne University Hospital/CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland 2Addiction Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland 3Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada 4Department of Health and Social Sciences, University of the West of England, Frenchay, Bristol, United Kingdom Background: […]

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Psychophysiological Identification of Game Addicts and Non-Addicts by Statistical Modelling with EEG Data (2018)

Link to abstract Other Titles 게임플레이어의 몰입과 중독 상태에 태한 심리 생리학적 분석및 분류 Author Maria Hafeez Alternative Author(s) 마리아하피즈 Advisor(s) Jung Yong Kim Issue Date 2018-02 Publisher 한양대학교 Degree Doctor Abstract During recent years gaming addiction has received increased attention from psychologist, psychiatrist, parents, teachers, media, and mental health organizations and, to some extent, […]

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Not Playing Around: Gaming Disorder in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). (2019)

J Adolesc Health. 2019 Jan;64(1):5-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.10.010. King DL1, Potenza MN2. PMID:30579437 DOI:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.10.010 Adolescents are among the most avid consumers of online digital entertainment, particularly video games and related online activities (e.g., live streaming, eSports broadcasts). Global research data indicate that most adolescents report past-year gaming usage across a range of devices, including personal computers, […]

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Predictive Effects of Sex, Age, Depression, and Problematic Behaviors on the Incidence and Remission of Internet Addiction in College Students: A Prospective Study (2018)

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Dec 14;15(12). pii: E2861. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15122861. Hsieh KY1,2, Hsiao RC3,4, Yang YH5,6, Liu TL7,8, Yen CF9,10. Abstract The aim of the study was to determine the predictive effects of sex, age, depression, and problematic behaviors on the incidence and remission of internet addiction (IA) in college students over […]

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Age 15 – Experiment

I’m a Chess player, but decided to try this out. Wanted to see if it would help me. So I planned it out. 7 days nofap, 1 day fap, repeat twice. Every day I did nofap my cognitive abilities increases, and I use a lot of logic, keeping calm and can solve puzzles. I actually […]

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The relationship between anxiety symptom severity and problematic smartphone use: A review of the literature and conceptual frameworks (2018)

J Anxiety Disord. 2018 Nov 30;62:45-52. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2018.11.005. Elhai JD1, Levine JC2, Hall BJ3. Abstract In the present paper, we examine the literature studying relations between problematic smartphone use (PSU) and anxiety symptom severity. We first present background on the health advantages and disadvantages of using a smartphone. Next, we provide caveats in distinguishing healthy […]

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Relationship between anxiety, depression, sex, obesity, and internet addiction in Chinese adolescents: A short-term longitudinal study (2018)

Addict Behav. 2018 Dec 7;90:421-427. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.12.009. [Epub ahead of print] Li G1, Hou G1, Yang D1, Jian H2, Wang W3. Abstract Associations between anxiety, depression and adolescent Internet addiction have been well documented in the literature; however, few published studies have examined these relationships considering the developmental trajectory courses of adolescent Internet addiction as […]

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Social and Psychological Effects of the Internet Use (2018)

Acta Inform Med. 2016 Feb; 24(1): 66–68. Published online 2016 Feb 2. doi:  [10.5455/aim.2016.24.66-68] PMCID: PMC4789623 PMID: 27041814 Marianna Diomidous,1 Kostis Chardalias,1 Adrianna Magita,1 Panagiotis Koutonias,1 Paraskevi Panagiotopoulou,1 and John Mantas1 Abstract Background and Aims: Over the past two decades there was an upsurge of the use of Internet in human life. With this continuous […]

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Problematic internet use and its correlates among resident doctors of a tertiary care hospital of North India: A cross-sectional study (2018)

Asian J Psychiatr. 2018 Nov 26;39:42-47. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2018.11.018. Grover S1, Sahoo S2, Bhalla A3, Avasthi A2. Abstract BACKGROUND: Problematic Internet use/ Internet addiction (IA) has gained the attention of mental health professionals recently and studies have found that medical professionals are not immune to IA with prevalence rate ranging from 2.8 to 8%. Few studies […]

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