How has internet addiction research evolved since the advent of internet gaming disorder? An overview of cyberaddictions from a psychological perspective

Lopez-Fernandez, O. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-9156, 2015. How has internet addiction research evolved since the advent of internet gaming disorder? An overview of cyberaddictions from a psychological perspective. Current Addiction Reports, 2 (3), pp. 263-271. ISSN 2196-2952

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Abstract

During the past two decades, Internet addiction (IA) has been the most commonly used term in research into online activities and their influence on the development of behavioral addictions. The aim of this review is to assess the impact of the concept of Internet gaming disorder (IGD), proposed by the American Psychiatric Association, on the scientific literature regarding IA. It presents a bibliometric analysis of the IA literature starting from the time IGD was first proposed, with the objective of observing and comparing the topics that have arisen during this period among the different IA themes researched. The findings demonstrate a steady evolution, particularly regarding publications related to the general aspects of IA: its clinical component, its prevalence and psychometric measures, the growing interest in the contextual factors promoting this addictive behavior, scientific progress in its conceptualization based on existing theoretical models, and neuropsychological studies. Nevertheless, many of the studies (22 %) focus on specific IA behaviors and show heterogeneity among the cyberaddictions, with online gaming (related to IGD) most common, followed by cybersex and social networking. Although research on the general concept of IA continues, investigators have begun to pay attention to the diverse spectrum of specific cyberaddictions and their psychological components.

Item Type: Journal article
Publication Title: Current Addiction Reports
Creators: Lopez-Fernandez, O.
Publisher: Springer
Date: September 2015
Volume: 2
Number: 3
ISSN: 2196-2952
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10.1007/s40429-015-0067-6DOI
Divisions: Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by: Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added: 09 Sep 2016 10:35
Last Modified: 19 Oct 2017 12:53
URI: https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/28426

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