Internet Addiction Prevalence Risk Factors And Health Effects Margaret Adams by Margaret Adams 9781536104363, 1536104361 instant download after payment.

According to the World Health Organization, pathological addiction is the psychic, and sometimes even physical, condition arising from the interaction between a living organism and an exogenous substance, characterized by behavioral responses and other reactions that always include a compulsive need to take the substance continuously or periodically, in order to get its psychic effects and/or to avoid the distress related to its withdrawal. This book presents a review on Internet addiction, which is considered an emergent problem especially amongst adolescents, and examines the risk factors and health effects of this addiction. Contents:
Preface
Chapter 1 Internet and Novel Technology Addiction: The Latest Epidemic
Chapter 2 Towards an Epidemiological Model of Internet Addiction
Chapter 3 Internet Addiction and Flow Experience
Chapter 4 The Role of Attachment Style and Social Anxiety in Internet Addiction
Chapter 5 The Mental Health Literacy of Internet Addiction among Adolescents: An Initial Measure Development and Validation
Chapter 6 A Reflective Study of the Dilemmas in the Digital Addiction Policy of Korea
Bibliography
Index