A growing body of literature is associating excessive and addictive use of digital media with
physical, psychological, social and neurological adverse consequences. Research is …

Global concern about problematic usage of the internet (PUI), and its public health and
societal costs, continues to grow, sharpened in focus under the privations of the COVID-19 …

Social media companies commonly design their platforms in a way that renders them
addictive. Some governments have declared internet addiction a major public health …

Within the last two decades, many studies have addressed the clinical phenomenon of
Internet-use disorders, with a particular focus on Internet-gaming disorder. Based on …

In the last few years, there has been a wave of articles related to behavioral addictions;
some of them have a focus on online pornography addiction. However, despite all efforts, we …

Some of the most frequently used online applications are Facebook, WhatsApp, and Twitter.
These applications allow individuals to communicate with other users, to share information …

Background and aims The literature has proposed two types of problematic
smartphone/internet use: generalized problematic use and specific problematic use …

Despite it has not been formally included in DSM-5 as a disorder,'Internet addiction (IA)'has
become a worldwide issue. It can be broadly defined as a non-chemical, behavioral …

Internet addiction (IA) has emerged as a universal issue, but its international estimates vary
vastly. This multinational meta-analysis fills this gap by providing estimates of its global …

In 2020, the World Health Organization formally recognized addiction to digital technology
(connected devices) as a worldwide problem, where excessive online activity and internet …