Understanding the underlying factors of Internet addiction across cultures: A comparison study
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Highlights：
• This study found that the underlying factors of Internet addition and their importance differ across cultures.
• The varying factors of Internet addiction across cultures have important implications to the diagnosis and treatment of Internet addiction.
• Internet addiction was found to be prevalent globally among young Internet users.
• E-commerce businesses have the ethical and legal responsibilities to help reduce Internet addiction.
• This study will allow future research projects to integrate Internet addiction to study user behaviors in the e-commerce context effectively.
摘要
•This study found that the underlying factors of Internet addition and their importance differ across cultures.•The varying factors of Internet addiction across cultures have important implications to the diagnosis and treatment of Internet addiction.•Internet addiction was found to be prevalent globally among young Internet users.•E-commerce businesses have the ethical and legal responsibilities to help reduce Internet addiction.•This study will allow future research projects to integrate Internet addiction to study user behaviors in the e-commerce context effectively.
论文关键词：Cross-cultural study,E-commerce,Factor analysis,Internet addiction,Psychometric constructs,Technology addiction
论文评审过程：Received 13 July 2015, Revised 6 December 2015, Accepted 22 February 2016, Available online 10 March 2016, Version of Record 16 March 2016.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elerap.2016.02.003
