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Description of  Internet Addiction : Prevalence, Risk Factors and Health Effects

According to the World Health Organization, pathological addiction is the psychic, and sometimes even physical, condition arising from the interaction between a living organism and an exogenous substance, characterized by behavioral responses and other reactions that always include a compulsive need to take the substance continuously or periodically, in order to get its psychic effects and/or to avoid the distress related to its withdrawal. This book presents a review on Internet addiction, which is considered an emergent problem especially amongst adolescents, and examines the risk factors and health effects of this addiction. Contents: Preface Chapter 1 Internet and Novel Technology Addiction: The Latest Epidemic Chapter 2 Towards an Epidemiological Model of Internet Addiction Chapter 3 Internet Addiction and Flow Experience Chapter 4 The Role of Attachment Style and Social Anxiety in Internet Addiction Chapter 5 The Mental Health Literacy of Internet Addiction among Adolescents: An Initial Measure Development and Validation Chapter 6 A Reflective Study of the Dilemmas in the Digital Addiction Policy of Korea Bibliography Index