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Understanding the Nature of Internet Overuse as an Addictive Disorder or a Compulsion: An Exploratory Study.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Understanding the Nature of Internet Overuse as an Addictive Disorder or a Compulsion: An Exploratory Study./
Author:	Shah, Darshna.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2020,
Description:	279 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 83-01, Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International83-01B.
Subject:	Psychology. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=28645644
ISBN:	9798522907730

Understanding the Nature of Internet Overuse as an Addictive Disorder or a Compulsion: An Exploratory Study.
Shah, Darshna.

Understanding the Nature of Internet Overuse as an Addictive Disorder or a Compulsion: An Exploratory Study. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2020 - 279 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 83-01, Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (India), 2020.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

The Internet is now an integral and inescapable part of many individuals' lives; they turn to it for many purposes starting from educational, occupational to entertainment. Individuals, who use the internet for entertainment or leisure activities, endanger their academic or job functioning because of the amount of time they spend on the internet. They also experience certain symptoms like withdrawal, tolerance, salience and mood modification. It has been argued by Griffiths that any behavior (e.g.; Internet use), which fulfills these criteria can be operationally defined as addictions. Unlike other disorders in DSM-5, the effects of overuse of internet are still not sufficiently studied to proclaim official disorder status. Internet gaming disorder is under the category of "conditions for further study" in DSM-5 as much research is required to establish Internet overuse as an addictive disorder. There are researchers who are for or against calling Internet overuse as an addictive disorder. So far there is no clear consensus as to whether Internet addiction 'exists'. Moreover, internet addicts do not suffer from the same damage to health and relationships as in other established addictions. There are so many questions unanswered as far as internet overuse is concerned. This research will try to examine the nature of Internet overuse as an addictive disorder or a compulsion. It will also examine the effects of internet overuse on different facets of individual behavior, whether they meet the diagnostic criteria of internet overuse/addiction or not, and its co-morbid features with other disorders, and will also try to prove other hypotheses. A new scale was developed to measure the nature of internet overuse as an addictive disorder or compulsion. The study was conducted in four phases. The scale was administered initially on 68 individuals for pilot study and then on 2124 subjects for final scale administration. Before and after the administration the scale was evaluated and modified by psychologists and psychiatrists. Factor analysis was done to come up with major factors of internet overuse. Face validity was established by consulting the experts and UCLA Loneliness Scale was used to established criterion validity. Reliability was established by calculating Chronbach α for each factor. From the results it is still not clear whether internet overuse is an addictive disorder or a compulsion, as it shows the properties for both. There is a significant positive correlation between loneliness and internet overuse. The usefulness of the scale is discussed in detail.

ISBN: 9798522907730Subjects--Topical Terms:

519075
Psychology.
Subjects--Index Terms:

Addictive disorder

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