Prevalence and determinants of Internet addiction among adolescents

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Highlights：

• We investigate the prevalence of Internet addiction (IA) among university students.

• We examine if Internet addiction is distinct from offline behavioural addictions.

• Prevalence rate of Internet addiction was 3.3%.

• Students’ online addiction was mainly influenced by extrinsic reasons.

• Offline behavioural addiction was not an IA causal factor but a motivating factor.

摘要

•We investigate the prevalence of Internet addiction (IA) among university students.•We examine if Internet addiction is distinct from offline behavioural addictions.•Prevalence rate of Internet addiction was 3.3%.•Students’ online addiction was mainly influenced by extrinsic reasons.•Offline behavioural addiction was not an IA causal factor but a motivating factor.

论文关键词：Internet addiction,Intrinsic reason,Extrinsic reason,Offline behavioural addiction,Negative outcome

论文评审过程：Available online 1 November 2013.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2013.10.028