Internet addiction: Meta-synthesis of qualitative research for the decade 1996-2006

Authors:
Alecia C. Douglas;Juline E. Mills;Mamadou Niang;Svetlana Stepchenkova;Sookeun Byun;Celestino Ruffini;Seul Ki Lee;Jihad Loutfi;Jung-Kook Lee;Mikhail Atallah;Marina Blanton
Affiliations:
Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Purdue University, United States;College of Business, University of New Haven, United States;Department of Industrial Technology, Purdue University, United States;Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Purdue University, United States;KwangWoon University, College of Business Administration, South Korea;Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Purdue University, United States;Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Purdue University, United States;Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Purdue University, United States;Division of Business, Indiana University, United States;College of Science, Purdue University, United States;Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame, United States
Venue:
Computers in Human Behavior
Year:
2008

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Abstract

Internet addiction is ''an individual's inability to control their Internet use, which in turn leads to feelings of distress and functional impairment of daily activities'' [Shapira, N., Lessig, M., Goldsmith, T., Szabo, S., Lazoritz, M., Gold, M. et al. (2003). Problematic Internet use: Proposed classification and diagnostic criteria. Depression and Anxiety, 17(4), 207-216]. Previous research in this field has offered inconclusive data on whether Internet addiction can be classified as a disorder. This study provides an in-depth and comprehensive analysis of internet addiction through a meta-synthesis of qualitative studies on excessive Internet use published during the period of 1996-2006. Several constructs pertaining to the domain of Internet addiction have been identified and a theoretical model of Internet addiction has been proposed.