Internet addiction / / editor, Hannah O. Price

• Pubblicazione: Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (131 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.85/84
• Soggetto topico: Internet addiction; Internet - Psychological aspects
• Altri autori: PriceHannah O
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Internet addiction in adolescence and emerging aulthood : a comparison between the United States and China -- PIU construct development : factorial analytic and definitional issues -- On-line pathological gambling : a new clinical expression of Internet addiction -- Interactions between the internetand adolescents' sexual development -- An inspiration from internet addiction mal-treatment in China -- Phenomenology of internet addiction -- Internet addiction in children and adolescents.
• Sommario/riassunto: Since the Internet's early widespread use in the mid-1990s, Internet addiction has been identified as a legitimate psychological disorder with significant implications for an individual's cognitive, emotional, and social development. This book presents current research from across the globe in the study of Internet Addiction, including Internet Addiction in adolescence and emerging adulthood, on-line pathological gambling, the Internet and its negative impact on adolescents' sexuality, and the maltreatment of internet addicts in China.
• Titolo autorizzato: Internet addiction
• ISBN: 1-61122-616-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910955574203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Psychology of emotions, motivations and actions series.