and Applied Research 3 (1): 49-74 Internet Addiction among Greek University Students: Demographic Associations with the Phenomenon‚ using the Greek version of Young’s Internet Addiction Test Christos C. Frangos1‚ Constantinos C. Frangos2 and Apostolos P. Kiohos3 Abstract Internet addiction (IA) is a new disorder described in 1996 by the psychologist Kimberly Young. The aim of this paper is to estimate the percentage of IA among Greek university students. Results of a sample survey among 1876 Greek
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A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ESTABLISH A PATTERN IN CHOICE OF MOVIE GENRE AND PERSONALITY AMONG SELECTED STUDENTS Submitted by: Group 1‚ 10-St. Veronica 1 Andrea Angeles 5 ZairaCabalfin 10 Katherine Culaba 11 Katrina Danganan 17 JasmineDy 26 Liana Miclat 39 Elisha Sapitan A research study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements in English. February 18‚ 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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A STUDY OF INTERNET ADDICTION AMONG STUDENTS OF SEKOLAH MENENGAH JENIS KEBANGSAAN PEI YUAN‚ KAMPAR YONG SHU QIN A RESEARCH PAPER SUBNITTED IN PARTIAL FUOFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE BACHELOR OF SOCIAL SCIENCE (HONS) PSYCHOLOGY FACULTY OF ART AND SOCIAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN MARCH 2011 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express gratitude for the coaching‚ guidance and input from several special individual. Firstly‚ I would like to thank Ms. Low Sew Kim‚ my supervisor
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Brain Sci. 2012‚ 2‚ 347-374; doi:10.3390/brainsci2030347 OPEN ACCESS brain sciences ISSN 2076-3425 www.mdpi.com/journal/brainsci/ Review Internet and Gaming Addiction: A Systematic Literature Review of Neuroimaging Studies Daria J. Kuss * and Mark D. Griffiths International Gaming Research Unit‚ Nottingham Trent University‚ Nottingham NG1 4BU‚ UK; E-Mail: mark.griffiths@ntu.ac.uk * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: daria.kuss@ntu.ac.uk; Tel.: +44-789-111-94-90
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Like any addiction‚ internet addiction has various effects on an individual. As the connotation of the word "addiction" suggests‚ the effects are not always very good. There are effects that are general to all addictions. The addict becomes dependent on the internet‚ loses control of self to the internet‚ and discontinuing the use of internet leads to disturbances in mood and behavior. There are also effects that are particular to internet addiction. As an internet addict becomes accustomed to the
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The Effects of Internet Addiction As we are living in a digital world‚ many people spend too much time using the Internet‚ and it is terrible to see more than 15 percent of people spend more than 11 hours a week using the Internet in different ways. However‚ do you want to have many health problems or social problems because of the Internet? As you know‚ being an introvert person‚ having sleeplessness‚ and getting sore eyes are the three common effects of Internet addiction. Being an introvert
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FACEBOOK ADDICTION AMONG STUDENTS * “I’ll just check facebook once before I start studying” is what the students tell themselves and they end up online for hours. Every day‚ millions of students go on a social media website. To many of them‚ social media is like a drug. There’s a euphoric high that comes from having a new notification or post‚ like the high from a snort of cocaine or smoke of marijuana. The lows of not being able to check it when they want is like the draw of an addictive drug
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Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Since the launching of the Internet in 1960s‚ the continued growth of Internet technology and applications has become an important part of the reality of many people’s lives globally. It provides an ease to the people who are using it. It is used in groups for discussion‚ all of which can be used for social‚ informational‚ educational‚ and even self-help purposes. Internet is somehow the source of entertainment. Even chatting‚ instant messaging‚ e-mail
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Internet effects on students Since the last 30 years‚ there have been many technological changes and development. During that period‚ computer and internet are among the fastest developed technologies. But in that particular period‚ there have been similar dawns. Films‚ radio‚ records‚ broadcast television‚ audiotape‚ videotape‚ programmed learning machines‚ etc. These changes of technologies have also affected our learning institutions such as school‚ college and universities. In fact the impact
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Ivan Paredes NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF INTERNET (TEST) You are at home in the U.S.A. and want to contact a friend in Ecuador‚ so you use the internet to communicate and life is better now. While‚ internet shortens the distances there are also three other negative effects impersonal communication‚ community misinformation and identity theft. First of all‚ most of us know how to use a computer but‚ do you remember the last time you wrote a letter to your mother in Chicago instead of sending an
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