Abstract Purpose of Review The COVID-19 pandemic changed people's lifestyles and such
changed lifestyles included the potential of increasing addictive behaviors. The present …

The association between excessive use of Social Networking Sites (SNS) and mental health
is raising serious concern among health and education professionals. Problematic SNS use …

Background and aims Guided by the Interaction of Person-Affect-Cognition-Execution (I-
PACE) model and a self-stigma framework, this study aimed to investigate relationships …

Studies in recent years and especially since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic have
shown a significant increase in the problematic use of computer games and social media …

Background and aims Internet use has become an important part of daily living. However, for
a minority it may become problematic. Moreover, problematic use of the Internet/smartphone …

Currently, six instruments have been developed using the 11th revision of the International
Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) criteria for Gaming Disorder (GD). Two of these are the …

Abstract Purpose of Review The COVID-19 pandemic has promoted behavioral changes
and elevated mental distress. Addictive behaviors often increased, generating mental health …

Smartphone use by adolescents is increasingly attracting the interest of social scientists,
parents, and educational stakeholders (teachers, educators, educational policy makers) …

Objective Social media addiction and internet gaming disorder may cause mental health
problems among a minority of university students. The Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale …

Technological advances have created the environment for Internet addiction (IA). A specific
form of IA is social media addiction. Moreover, social media addiction may be further …