The quality of online social relationships
Communications of the ACM - How the virtual inspires the real
Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet
Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet
Growing up Digital: The Rise of the Net Generation
Growing up Digital: The Rise of the Net Generation
Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier
Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier
Internet addiction: Meta-synthesis of qualitative research for the decade 1996-2006
Computers in Human Behavior
Review: The Internet's impact on sexuality: A critical review of 15years of research
Computers in Human Behavior
Is compulsive internet use related to sensitivity to reward and punishment, and impulsivity?
Computers in Human Behavior
Prevalence and determinants of Internet addiction among adolescents
Computers in Human Behavior
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As Internet use has proliferated worldwide, there has been debate whether some users develop disturbed patterns of Internet use (i.e., Internet abuse). This article highlights relevant literature on Internet abuse and computer-mediated communication effects that supports and disputes major questions about Internet abuse. Is the addiction paradigm appropriate for Internet use? Is behavior that has been labeled Internet abuse symptomatic of other problems such as depression, sexual disorders, or loneliness? What are alternative explanations for this phenomenon? Is there adequate research to support Internet abuse as a distinct disorder?