miércoles, 31 de agosto de 2011

Internet addiction

Internet Addiction covers a variety of impulse-control problems, including:

  • Cybersex Addiction compulsive use of Internet pornography, adult chat rooms, or adult fantasy role-play sites impacting negatively on real-life intimate relationships.
  • Cyber-Relationship Addiction, addiction to social networking, chat rooms and messaging to the point where virtual, online friends become more important than real-life relationships with family and friends.
  • Net Compulsions, such as compulsive online gaming, gambling, stock trading, or compulsive use of online auction sites such as eBay, often resulting in financial and job-related problems.
  • Information Overload, compulsive web surfing or database searching, leading to lower work productivity and less social interaction with family and friends.
  • Computer Addiction, obsessive playing of off-line computer games, such as Solitaire or Minesweeper, or obsessive computer programming.

The most common of these Internet addictions are cybersex, online gambling, and cyber-relationship addiction.

Take from: helpguide.org

2 comentarios:

  1. As I could see in my neighborhood, now a days internet addiction become more frequently in teenager.

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  2. Oh, my god it is unbelievarble.
    Be addiction is a big problem.

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