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Systematic differences according to the Big Five personality traits were identified between patients suffering from an addiction disorder and patients showing internet addictive behavior as a comorbid disorder.
In order to better understand potential antecedents of internet addiction we tried to discriminate personality traits not solely by focusing on patients with internet addictive behavior, but within a clinical sample of patients with a different addiction disorder who additionally met criteria of internet addiction.
The present qualitative study explored the experiences, patterns and impact of use of 124 adolescents (Mage = 16.0) reporting signs of internet addictive behaviors.
The current results will facilitate the development of treatments and intervention for Internet addictive patients and will serve as pre-intervention for risk groups (high vitality adolescents).
Further investigations are needed to determine specific changes in the Internet addictive brain, as well as their implications for behavior and cognition.
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I criticise the notion of internet "addiction" because addictive substances need to be discarded.
The findings are further suggestive of a shared neurobiological mechanism between internet addiction and other addictive disorders.
The existence of Internet addiction doesn't mean the Internet is invariably addictive, just as the existence of alcoholism doesn't mean that every person who has a drink will develop a dependence on booze.
This decision was based on a comparably large scientific and clinical literature dealing with the phenomenon of addictive internet use sometimes referred to as "problematic internet use" [ 5], "pathological internet use" [ 6], or "internet addiction" [ 2, 7].
However, as the Internet has moved into homes, schools, Internet cafes, and businesses, there has been a rapidly growing public awareness of the potential adverse effects arising from excessive, maladaptive or addictive Internet usage [ 2, 3], which is a condition also known by terms such as problematic Internet use (PIU), Internet addiction, Internet dependence and pathological Internet use.
As there are personality-related differences between patients with comorbid internet addiction and patients suffering from other kinds of addiction, it seems insufficient to treat internet addiction in exactly the same way as other addictive behaviors.
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