Problematic internet use: a general perspective

Fineberg, NA, Grant, D, Demetrovics, Z, Brand, M, Burkauskas, J, Corazza, O, Gansner, M, Gentile, DA, Gjoneska, B, Griffiths, MD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524, Király, O, Potenza, MN and Weinstein, AM, 2024. Problematic internet use: a general perspective. In: Christakis, DA and Hale, L, eds., Handbook of children and screens: digital media, development, and well-being from birth through adolescence. Cham: Springer, pp. 179-185. ISBN 9783031693618

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Abstract

How the Internet is used and any negative outcomes of engagement with it—especially with regards to children—is a topic of great interest, bearing legitimate investigation. Proposed identifiers of problematic internet use(PIU) include aspects of use in correlation with distress or impairment across biological, psychological, sociological, and/or occupational/academic functioning. Adolescents and those with vulnerabilities across developmental or sociological domains are particularly susceptible. Although validated instruments have been utilized to assess PIU, concerns surrounding the methodology, currency, and some validation measures of existing and cross-sectional screening tools and a lack of those with true external validity and variance, combined with some disagreement surrounding PIU, have impeded its diagnostic acceptance. Current investigative approaches to PIU include clarifying problematic gambling and gaming criteria, psychotherapeutic therapy, pharmacological interventions, and non-invasive neurostimulation therapies targeting cortical brain regions. As child screen time appears to be increasing, further research, ethical health/social policy changes, and digital literacy programs are strongly endorsed. To avoid online engagement dysregulating or harming children, digital policy youth user protection standards, pragmatic key player dialogues, transparent reassessments of digital-centric business models without compromising less resourced countries, and even globally agreed child online safety regulations are also recommended.

Item Type:	Chapter in book
Creators:	Fineberg, N.A., Grant, D., Demetrovics, Z., Brand, M., Burkauskas, J., Corazza, O., Gansner, M., Gentile, D.A., Gjoneska, B., Griffiths, M.D., Király, O., Potenza, M.N. and Weinstein, A.M.
Publisher:	Springer
Place of Publication:	Cham
Date:	2024
ISBN:	9783031693618
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1007/978-3-031-69362-5_25 DOI 2328586 Other
Rights:	© the author(s) 2025. This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this chapter are included in the chapter's Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the chapter's Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	18 Dec 2024 16:44
Last Modified:	18 Dec 2024 16:44
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/52741

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