There is ongoing debate as to whether ‘Internet addiction’
constitutes a true addiction and should therefore be recognized as a
psychiatric disorder in the forthcoming DSM-V (Block, 2008; Warden,
Phillips, & Ogloff, 2004). Although it is well established that a
signi!cant number of individuals report psychological problems
associated with excessive Internet use, the extent and severity of
these problems may be somewhat overestimated because of the
relatively low methodological quality of many studies in this area.
Most studies have utilized inconsistent criteria to identify Internet
addicts and/or have applied recruitment methods that may have
caused serious sampling bias (Byun et al., 2009). More speci!cally in
relation to Internet addiction criteria used in most studies, Grif!ths
(2008) asserts the main problems with the measures used is that they
tend to (i) have no measure of severity, (ii) have no temporal
dimension, (iii) overestimate the prevalence of problems, and (iv)
take no account of the context of Internet use.
There is ongoing debate as to whether ‘Internet addiction’constitutes a true addiction and should therefore be recognized as apsychiatric disorder in the forthcoming DSM-V (Block, 2008; Warden,Phillips, & Ogloff, 2004). Although it is well established that asigni!cant number of individuals report psychological problemsassociated with excessive Internet use, the extent and severity ofthese problems may be somewhat overestimated because of therelatively low methodological quality of many studies in this area.Most studies have utilized inconsistent criteria to identify Internetaddicts and/or have applied recruitment methods that may havecaused serious sampling bias (Byun et al., 2009). More speci!cally inrelation to Internet addiction criteria used in most studies, Grif!ths(2008) asserts the main problems with the measures used is that theytend to (i) have no measure of severity, (ii) have no temporaldimension, (iii) overestimate the prevalence of problems, and (iv)take no account of the context of Internet use.
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