Internet Addiction in Tibetan and Han Chinese middle school students: prevalence, demographics and quality of life

Technology has rapidly reshaped people's lives. The Internet has revolutionized communication, learning and entertainment leading to increased productivity (Bahrainian et al., 2014; Mihajlov and Vejmelka, 2017). However, excessive Internet use is emerging to be a serious health problem. Different terms, such as pathological Internet use (Morahan-Martin and Schumacher, 2000; Durkee et al., 2012), Internet use disorder (Brand et al., 2016; M üller et al., 2017), problematic Internet use (Odacı and Çelik, 2013; Spada, 2014; Vigna-Taglianti et al., 2017) and Internet addiction (IA) (Kuss et al., 2013; Kuss and Lopez-Fernandez, 2016; Lachmann et al., 2017), have been used in different studies.

Source: Psychiatry Research - July 6, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Li Lu, Dan Dan Xu, Huan-Zhong Liu, Ling Zhang, Chee H. Ng, Gabor S. Ungvari, Feng-Rong An, Yu-Tao Xiang Source Type: research