BACKGROUND Problematic Internet use in adolescents has become an issue of concern for a growing number of researchers and institutions over the past years. Behavioural problems, social isolation, school failure and family problems are some of the consequences of psychological and behavioural impact on teenagers. Taking into account the interest that this issue has generated at many levels, the ...

The goals of this study were to (a) examine the phenomenology and developmental correlates of problematic Internet use (PIU) in a large and diverse college student sample; (b) evaluate a developmental process model of PIU in which the expected association between child maltreatment and PIU would be explained by alexithymia; and (c) explore these relations as a function of gender and race. PIU w...

BACKGROUND The association of physical activity (PA) with sleep quality, perceived stress, and problematic Internet use was examined in a nationwide sample of Korean adolescents. METHODS Data from the 2010 Korean Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey collected from 73,238 Korean adolescents aged 12-18 years (mean age 15.06 ± 1.75 years) were analyzed. Participants were asked to rate the freque...

Introduction Many internationally studies, in the last two decades, found problematic internet use associated with a variety of psychosocial problems, but Portugal this is recent research question specially adults. Objectives To explore relationship between Internet use, emotional regulation and self-esteem. Methods 138 Portuguese subjects (77.5% females), mean age 27.76 years old ( SD = 8.98, ...

This study integrates research on social skill and self-presentation into the recently introduced cognitive-behavioral theory of generalized problematic Internet use. The model proposed and tested here predicted that individuals who lack selfpresentational skill are especially likely to prefer online social interaction over faceto-face communication. Further, the model predicted that a preferen...