Background In addition to their widespread applications in various fields, cellular phones have some inappropriate social consequences, including psychosocial addiction, degradation of values, reduced social interactions, early maturity and endangering the psychological...

Young’s (1998a) Internet Addiction Test (IAT) is one of the most commonly used measures of problematic Internet use. Although the instrument is being increasingly applied in research with adolescents, its measurement structure has not been systematically evaluated with pre-adult respondents. Because the results of previous factor-analytic studies with adults have been highly inconsistent, the p...

1. The effect of three periods of isolation (8, 15 and 30 days) were studied in mice on the pain threshold and the sensitivity to morphine. 2. The pain threshold was unchanged after 8 and 15 days of isolation but increased after 30 days of isolation. 3. The analgesic effect of morphine was unchanged after 8 and 15 days of isolation but increased after 30 days of isolation. 4. The tolerance to m...

OBJECTIVES This study compared 24-, 48-, 72-, and 96-hour buprenorphine dosing regimens in opioid-dependent outpatients. METHODS Fourteen subjects received buprenorphine in a double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial. Daily sublingual maintenance doses were 4 mg/70 kg (n = 5) and 8 mg/70 kg (n = 9). After a stabilization period of maintenance administration, subjects received, in a ran...

Uncovering patterns of drug use and treatment access is essential to improving treatment for opioid dependence. The life history calendar (LHC) could be a valuable instrument for capturing time-sensitive data on lifetime patterns of drug use and addiction treatment. This study describes the methodology applied when collecting data using the LHC in a sample of individuals with long-term opioid d...

Information technology has a profound effect on individuals, organizations, and society. Whereas most of its impact is positive, there might be some negative side-effects. This paper argues that to a certain extent, society has developed in a way that resembles autism, which is concerned with the manner people react and communicate. In particular, excessive use of IT and computers might cause W...

Exploring the effect of certain factors on problematic smartphone use (PSU) and mechanism these effects may help researchers understand antecedents PSU propose targeted interventions. Accordingly, current study tested mediating role self-control moderating gender in relationship between neuroticism PSU. A sample 768 Chinese users (439 female, 329 male) aged 14–37 years (M = 22.5, SD 3.27) compl...

introduction: internet addiction is a global problem that caused negative effects on health. the present study aimed to determine the prevalence of internet addiction in iranian high school students in 2014. materials and methods: in a cross – sectional study assessed the prevalence of internet addiction among 381 high school students in ilam, in 2014. the samples were selected by a multi-stage...