Internet use-related addiction problems (e.g., Internet addiction, problem mobile phone use, problem gaming, and social networking) have been defined according to the same core element: the addictive symptomatology presented by individuals who excessively and problematically behave using the technology. Online activity is the most important factor in their lives, causing them the loss of control by stress and difficulties in managing at least one aspect of their daily life, affecting users’ wellbeing and health. In 2018, Gaming Disorder was included as a mental disease in the 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases by the World Health Organization. In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association requested additional research on Internet Gaming Disorder. The papers contained in this e-Book provide unique and original perspectives on the concept, development, and early detection of the prevention of these health problems. They are diverse in the nature of the problems they deal with, methodologies, populations, cultures, and contain insights and a clear indication of the impact of individual, social, and environmental factors on Internet use-related addiction problems. The e-Book illustrates recent progress in the evolution of research, with great emphasis on gaming and smartphone problems, signaling areas in which research would be useful, even cross-culturally.
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phubbing CERM smartphone technological addictions CERI mobile phone use gambling teenagers behavioural addictions video-game addiction review suppression gaming disorder generalised versus specific problem Internet uses young children Internet Use Disorder measurement invariance immersion latent profile analysis adolescents emotional regulation deep approach to learning Behavioral Inhibition System/Behavioral Activation System (BIS/BAS) comorbid psychopathology adolescence smartphone use gender self-control internet gaming disorder personality traits expectancies prevalence screen addiction surface approach to learning Internet-use disorder expectations early childhood education stress smartphone addiction convergent design mobile phone addiction Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) mobile phone (or smartphone) use comorbidity Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-5) focus group emergent bilinguals psychometric testing approaches to learning problematic Internet use social networking commuting mixed methods research interpersonal relationships Internet gaming disorder self-efficacy Brief Self-Control Scale (BSCS) Internet literacy parenting Dickman Impulsivity Inventory-Short Version (DII) well-being problematic smartphone use coping strategies addiction anxiety cognitive distortion fear of missing out (FOMO) impulsivity survey propensity score game device usage pattern hostility young people cognitive reappraisal Internet addiction university students epidemiology problematic social media use (PSMU) personality behavioral addictions China cultural differences problematic mobile phone use mobile phone dependence interpersonal relations social media online social network Problematic Mobile Phone Use Questionnaire Internet Gaming Disorder IGD intergenerational language transmission internet addiction Problematic Mobile Phone Use pathological video-game use serial mediation depression time