TY - JOUR
T1 - Cultural Correlates of Internet Addiction
AU - Bachnio, Agata
AU - Przepiórka, Aneta
AU - Gorbaniuk, Oleg
AU - Benvenuti, Martina
AU - Ciobanu, Adela Magdalena
AU - Senol-Durak, Emre
AU - Durak, Mithat
AU - Giannakos, Michail N.
AU - Mazzoni, Elvis
AU - Pappas, Ilias O.
AU - Popa, Camelia
AU - Seidman, Gwendolyn
AU - Wu, Anise M.S.
AU - Yu, Shu
AU - Ben-Ezra, Menachem
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2019.
PY - 2019/4/1
Y1 - 2019/4/1
N2 - Increasing problems connected with excessive Internet use can be observed all over the world. Internet addiction is defined as excessive involvement in the Internet with negative consequences. The main aim of the study was to investigate economic indicators as correlates of Internet addiction. The study was conducted in nine countries. The number of participants amounted to a total of 3,279 Internet users (54% were female), with a mean age of M = 25.14 (SD = 10.03). The authors used Young's Internet Addiction Test. In addition, some social and economic indicators characterizing the countries were taken into consideration. We found that Internet addiction was positively related to economic well-being, social progress, and human development as well as negatively related to human well-being, health, safety, and security. The results of the study contribute to the international debate on Internet addiction.
AB - Increasing problems connected with excessive Internet use can be observed all over the world. Internet addiction is defined as excessive involvement in the Internet with negative consequences. The main aim of the study was to investigate economic indicators as correlates of Internet addiction. The study was conducted in nine countries. The number of participants amounted to a total of 3,279 Internet users (54% were female), with a mean age of M = 25.14 (SD = 10.03). The authors used Young's Internet Addiction Test. In addition, some social and economic indicators characterizing the countries were taken into consideration. We found that Internet addiction was positively related to economic well-being, social progress, and human development as well as negatively related to human well-being, health, safety, and security. The results of the study contribute to the international debate on Internet addiction.
KW - Internet addiction
KW - countries
KW - cultural indicators
KW - economic indicators
KW - social indicators
KW - well-being
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85064183898
U2 - 10.1089/cyber.2018.0667
DO - 10.1089/cyber.2018.0667
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C2 - 30958038
AN - SCOPUS:85064183898
SN - 2152-2715
VL - 22
SP - 258
EP - 263
JO - Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
JF - Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
IS - 4
ER -