Overcoming pathological IT use: How and why IT addicts terminate their use of games and social media

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Highlights:

• IT addiction is a major challenge for an individual’s private, social and work life.

• IT addicts can terminate pathological IT use and become ex-users.

• Some IT addicts can overcome pathological IT use without external support.

• Other IT addicts need external support to overcome pathological IT use.

• IT addiction is a part of the IT lifecycle along with adoption, use and discontinuation.

摘要

•IT addiction is a major challenge for an individual’s private, social and work life.•IT addicts can terminate pathological IT use and become ex-users.•Some IT addicts can overcome pathological IT use without external support.•Other IT addicts need external support to overcome pathological IT use.•IT addiction is a part of the IT lifecycle along with adoption, use and discontinuation.

论文关键词:IT addiction,Pathological use,IT lifecycle,Qualitative study,Social networking sites,Mobile games,Facebook,Instagram

论文评审过程:Received 18 September 2019, Revised 6 November 2019, Accepted 7 December 2019, Available online 19 December 2019, Version of Record 24 February 2020.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2019.102053