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Internet addiction : prevalence, risk factors and health effects / Margaret Adams, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Psychology research progress series.
- Psychology Research Progress
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Internet--Psychological aspects.
- Internet.
- Internet addiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (159 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova, 2017.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-5361-0451-5
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