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
