Background: Although problematic Internet use (PIU) is a growing problem among adolescents, few studies have examined its prevalence among university students in Iran. This study was designed to investigate the prevalence of PIU and its potential risk factors among students at Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. Methods: In a cross-sectional study, data was collected from 976 u...

China was linked to the internet in 1994. In 1997, there were only about 670,000 users. By June 2011, China had over 485 million internet users, accounting for nearly 40 percent of the population. The rapid diffusion of the internet has had profound influences on all aspects of Chinese life. Scholars both in China and outside have responded to these new developments by producing a large amount ...

background and purpose: personal identity is the sense of being distinct from other individuals, which is of paramount importance during adolescence. modern theories suggest that young adults perceive personal identity in different ways, and several factors affect this phenomenon. leisure time activities are a significant element during adolescence. this study aimed to evaluate the relationship...

Today, leisure time is changing by globalization and using of information technology. Most of people especially women prefer to spend their leisure time by modern technologies. Thus, they spend their leisure time to look up satellite programs and use of the internet. This research has done for sociological consideration of the globalization of communications (internet  & satellite) on leisure t...

With the rapid growth of the netizen population in China, more and more internet frauds are committed. Many people suffer from internet frauds by losing wealth or other valuable things. To prevent internet frauds, we first need to discover the methods in which internet frauds are conducted. In this paper, we investigate and categorize the internet frauds in China. So far, there are typically si...

Background and Aim: Internet addiction means excessive and unnecessary use of the Internet. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of brain-behavioral systems in Internet addiction among university students. Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive and correlational research. The statistical population was all the students of Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch in the academi...