Full Description
Since the Internet's early widespread use in the mid-1990s, Internet addiction has been identified as a legitimate psychological disorder with significant implications for an individual's cognitive, emotional, and social development. This book presents current research from across the globe in the study of Internet Addiction, including Internet Addiction in adolescence and emerging adulthood; on-line pathological gambling; the Internet and its negative impact on adolescents' sexuality; and the maltreatment of internet addicts in China.
Contents
Preface; Internet Addiction in Adolescence & Emerging AdulthoodComparison between the United States & China; PIU Construct Development: Factorial Analytic & Definitional Issues; On-Line Pathological Gambling: A New Clinical Expression of Internet Addiction; Interactions between the Internet & Adolescents' Sexual Development; An Inspiration from Internet Addiction Maltreatment in China; Phenomenology of Internet Addiction; Internet Addiction in Children & Adolescents; Index.NER(01): GB IE
