Prefrontal control and Internet addiction: a theoretical model and review of neuropsychological and neuroimaging findings

M Brand, KS Young, C Laier - Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Most people use the Internet as a functional tool to perform their personal goals in everyday-
life such as making airline or hotel reservations. However, some individuals suffer from a …

Problematic use of the mobile phone: A literature review and a pathways model

J Billieux - Current Psychiatry Reviews, 2012 - benthamdirect.com
Despite its unambiguous advantages, cellular phone use has been associated with harmful
or potentially disturbing behaviors. Problematic use of the mobile phone is considered as an …

The development of the problematic pornography consumption scale (PPCS)

B Bőthe, I Tóth-Király, M Brand, C Laier, KS Young - Frontiers in psychology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Internet addiction (IA) has become a serious mental health condition in many countries. To
better understand the clinical implications of IA, this study tested statistically a new …

Self-traits and motivations as antecedents of digital media flow and addiction: The Internet, mobile phones, and video games

H Khang, JK Kim, Y Kim - Computers in human behavior, 2013 - Elsevier
In the context of a new paradigm of the media environment, this study aimed to explore
levels of media consumption, self-traits and individual motivations as antecedents of media …

Online video game addiction: identification of addicted adolescent gamers

AJ Van Rooij, TM Schoenmakers, AA Vermulst… - addiction, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To provide empirical data‐driven identification of a group of addicted online gamers.
Design Repeated cross‐sectional survey study, comprising a longitudinal cohort, conducted …