J Youth Adolesc. 2016 May 2. Salmela-Aro K1,2, Upadyaya K3,4, Hakkarainen K5, Lonka K6, Alho K5. Abstract Recent research shows an increased concern with well-being at school and potential problems associated with students’ use of socio-digital technologies, i.e., the mobile devices, computers, social media, and the Internet. Simultaneously with supporting creative social activities, socio-digital participation […]
Read More… from The Dark Side of Internet Use: Two Longitudinal Studies of Excessive Internet Use, Depressive Symptoms, School Burnout and Engagement Among Finnish Early and Late Adolescents (2016)
Front Psychol. 2016 May 4;7:597. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00597. eCollection 2016. Wang Y1, Zou Z1, Song H1, Xu X1, Wang H1, d’Oleire Uquillas F2, Huang X1. Abstract Mobile phone dependence (MPD) is a behavioral addiction that has become an increasing public mental health issue. While previous research has explored some of the factors that may predict MPD, […]
Read More… from Altered Gray Matter Volume and White Matter Integrity in College Students with Mobile Phone Dependence (2016)
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2014 Dec 1; 17(12): 749–754. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2014.0475 PMCID: PMC4267705 Orsolya Király, MA,1,,2 Mark D. Griffiths, PhD,3 Róbert Urbán, PhD,1 Judit Farkas, MA,1,,4 Gyöngyi Kökönyei, PhD,1 Zsuzsanna Elekes, DSc,5 Domokos Tamás, MA,6 and Zsolt Demetrovics, PhD1 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► This article has been cited by other articles […]
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Front Psychol. 2015; 6: 1471. Published online 2015 Sep 28. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01471 PMCID: PMC4585012 Xiao Lin,1,2 Xize Jia,3,4 Yu-Feng Zang,3,4 and Guangheng Dong1,5,* Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Neuroimaging studies have revealed that the task-related functional brain activities are impaired in internet gaming disorder (IGD) […]
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Front Behav Neurosci. 2015; 9: 296. Published online 2015 Nov 3. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00296 PMCID: PMC4630310 Xin Qi,1,† Xin Du,1,† Yongxin Yang,2,† Guijin Du,3 Peihong Gao,3 Yang Zhang,1 Wen Qin,1 Xiaodong Li,3,* and Quan Zhang1,* Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Greater impulse and risk-taking and reduced […]
Read More… from Decreased modulation by the risk level on the brain activation during decision making in adolescents with internet gaming disorder (2015)
BMC Psychiatry. 2016; 16: 132. Published online 2016 May 10. doi: 10.1186/s12888-016-0836-3 PMCID: PMC4862221 Yasser Khazaal, Anne Chatton, Stephane Rothen, Sophia Achab, Gabriel Thorens, Daniele Zullino, and Gerhard Gmel Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Go to: Abstract Background The 7-item Game Addiction Scale (GAS) is a used to […]
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Indian J Psychol Med. 2016 Mar-Apr;38(2):150-1. doi: 10.4103/0253-7176.178811. Sharma MK1. Abstract Limitation of available information on caregiver perspective on managing the users excessive use of technology. The present case series explore the caregiver burden related to users addictive use of video game. The users and caregivers approached the service of healthy use of technology (SHUT […]
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Why do I say this? Because ever since I started PMO-ing heavily, I haven’t been able to have relationships. I could only interact with people that I had a relationship with prior to PMO. I did manage to get 2 girlfriends but both dumped me within 3 weeks because I was a good boyfriend but […]
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DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2016.1142496 L. Monique Warda* pages 560-577 Published online: 15 Mar 2016 Abstract Sexually objectifying portrayals of women are a frequent occurrence in mainstream media, raising questions about the potential impact of exposure to this content on others’ impressions of women and on women’s views of themselves. The goal of this review was to synthesize empirical […]
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How about trusting addiction neuroscientists and peer-reviewed papers? Before I address many of the claims within the Pfaus article (link to the Pfaus article), it must be noted that Jim Pfaus omitted the 52 neuroscience-based studies (and 27 reviews of the literature and commentaries) on porn users published in the last few years. So far, […]
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