studies

This page highlights literature by proponents and critics of the notion of cyberaddiction.

It covers -

• cyberaddiction research and polemics
• points of reference
• law and cyberaddiction

     research

Elias Aboujaoude, Lorrin Koran, Nona Gamel, Michael Large & Richard Serpe, 'Potential Markers for Problematic Internet Use: A Telephone Survey of 2,513 Adults', 11(10) CNS Spectrums: The International Journal of Neuropsychiatric Medicine (2006), 750-755

Yair Amichai-Hamburger & Adrian Furnham, 'The Positive Net', 23(2) Computers in Human Behavior (2007), 1033-1045

Murugan Anandarajan, Thompson Teo & Claire Simmers, 'The Internet and Workplace Transformation', 7 Advances in Management Information Systems (2006), 63-79

Lynette Armstrong, James Phillips & Lauren Saling, 'Potential determinants of heavier internet usage', 53(4) International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (2000), 537-550

Keith Beard & Eve Wolf, 'Modification of the proposed diagnostic criteria for Internet addiction', 4(1) CyberPsychology and Behavior (2001), 377-383

Jerald Block, 'Issues for DSM-V: Internet Addiction', 165(3) American Journal of Psychiatry (2008), 306-307

Fenglin Cao, Linyan Su, TieQiao Liu & Xueping Gao, 'The relationship between impulsivity and Internet addiction in a sample of Chinese adolescents', 22(7) European Psychiatry (2007), 466-471

Scott Caplan, 'Problematic Internet use and psychosocial well-being: development of a theory-based cognitive-behavioral measurement instrument', 18(5) Computers in Human Behavior (2002), 553-575

Andrew Careaga, Hooked On The Net: How to say goodnight when the party never ends (Grand Rapids: Kregel 2002)

Patrick Carnes, Robert Murray & Louis Charpentier, 'Bargains With Chaos: Sex Addicts and Addiction Interaction Disorder', 12 Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity (2005), 79-120

Edward Castronova, Synthetic Worlds: The Business & Culture of Online Games (Chicago: Uni of Chicago Press 2005)

Darren Chappel, Virginia Eatough, Mark Davies & Mark Griffiths, 'Everquest—it's just a computer game right? An interpretative phenomenological analysis of online gaming addiction', 4(3) International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction (2006), 205-216

John Charlton, 'A factor-analytic investigation of computer "addiction" and engagement', 93(3) British Journal of Psychology (2002), 329-344

John Charlton & Ian Danforth, 'Distinguishing addiction and high engagement in the context of online game playing', 23(3) Computers in Human Behavior (2007), 1531-1548

Chien Chou & Ming-Chun Hsiao, 'Internet addiction, usage, gratification, and pleasure experience: the Taiwan college students' case', 35(1) Computers & Education (2000), 65-80

Alvin Cooper, Coralie Scherer, Sylvain Boies & Barry Gordon, 'Sexuality on the Internet: From sexual exploration to pathological expression', 30(2) Professional Psychology: Research and Practice (1999), 154-164

Richard Davis, 'A cognitive-behavioral model of pathological Internet use', 17(2) Computers in Human Behavior (2001), 187-195

Tori DeAngelis, 'Is Internet addiction real?', 31(4) APA Monitor on Psychology (2000), np

David Delmonico, Elizabeth Griffin & Patrick Carnes, 'Treating online compulsive sexual behavior: when cybersex is the drug of choice', in Alvin Cooper [ed], Sex and the Internet: A guidebook for clinicians (New York: Brunner-Routledge 2002), 147-167

Seth Finn, 'Television "Addiction?": An evaluation of four competing media-use models', 69(2) Journalism Quarterly (1992), 422-435

Joyce Fitzpatrick, 'Internet Addiction: Recognition and Interventions', 22(2) Archives of Psychiatric Nursing (2008), 59-60

Cindy Freeman, 'Internet Gaming Addiction', 4(1) The Journal for Nurse Practitioners (2008), 42-47

Bruno Frey, Christine Benesch & Alois Stutzer, 'Does watching TV make us happy?', 28(3) Journal of Economic Psychology (2007), 283-313

Anna Gibbs, 'In Thrall: Affect Contagion and the Bio-Energetics of Media', 8(6) M/C Journal (2005), np

Ivan Goldberg, 'internet-addiction-support-group for those with acute or chronic Internet Addiction Disorder', 16 March 1995, archived

Alex Golub & Kate Lingley, '“Just Like the Qing Empire”: Internet Addiction, MMOGs, and Moral Crisis in Contemporary China', 3(1) Games and Culture (2008), 59-75

Peter Grabosky, Russell Smith & Gregor Urbas, Cyber criminals on trial (Cambridge: Cambridge Uni Press 2004)

David Greenfield, Virtual Addiction: Help for Netheads, Cyber Freaks and Those Who Love Them (Oakland: New Harbinger 1999)

Mark Griffiths, 'Internet "addiction": an issue for clinical psychology?', 97 Clinical Psychology Forum (1996), 32-36

Mark Griffiths, 'Internet addiction: Does it really exist?', in Jayne Gackenbach [Ed], Psychology and the Internet: Intrapersonal, interpersonal and transpersonal applications (New York: Academic Press 1998), 61-75

Mark Griffiths, 'Does Internet and computer "addiction" exist? Some case study evidence', 3 CyberPsychology and Behavior (2000), 211-218

Mark Griffiths, 'Excessive Internet use: Implications for sexual behavior', 3 CyberPsychology and Behavior (2000), 537-552

Mark Griffiths, 'Internet addiction - Time to be taken seriously?', 8 Addiction Research (2000), 413-418

Mark Griffiths, 'Sex on the Internet: Observations and implications for sex addiction', 38 Journal of Sex Research (2001), 333-342

Mark Griffiths & Mark Davies, 'Does video game addiction exist?', in Joost Raessens & Jeffrey Goldstein [ed], Handbook of Computer Game Studies (Cambridge: MIT Press 2005), 361-369

Sabine Grusser, Ralf Thalemann & Mark Griffiths, 'Excessive computer game playing: evidence for addiction and aggression?' 10(2) Cyberpsychology and Behavior (2007), 290-292

Elizabeth Hardie & Ming Yi Tee, 'Excessive Internet Use: The Role of Personality, Loneliness and Social Support Networks in Internet Addiction', 5(1) Australian Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society (2007), 34-47

Katherine Hertlein & Fred Piercy, 'Internet Infidelity: A Critical Review of the Literature', 14(4) The Family Journal: Counseling And Therapy For Couples And Families (2006), 366-371

Gretchen Hyman, 'Web Addiction on the Rise', The ClickZ Network (2002) - here

Adam Joinson, Katelyn McKenna, Tom Postmes & Ulf-Dietrich Reips [ed], The Oxford Handbook of Internet Psychology (Oxford: Oxford Uni Press 2007)

Riittakerttu Kaltiala-Heino, Tomi Lintonen & Arja Rimpela, 'Internet addiction? Potentially problematic use of the Internet in a population of 12-18 year-old adolescents', 12(1) Addiction Research & Theory (2004), 89-96

Kenneth Kaufman & Robert Gerner, 'SSRIs and sexual obsessions', 13(4) European Psychiatry (1998), 236-248

Sarah Kershaw, 'Hooked on the Web: Help Is on the Way', New York Times 1 December (2005)

Kyunghee Kim, Eunjung Ryu, Mi-Young Chon, Eun-Ja Yeun, So-Young Choi, Jeong-Seok Seo & Bum-Woo Nam, 'Internet addiction in Korean adolescents and its relation to depression and suicidal ideation: A questionnaire survey', 43(2) International Journal of Nursing Studies (2006), 185-192

Eun Kim, Kee Namkoong, Taeyun Ku & Se Kim, 'The relationship between online game addiction and aggression, self-control and narcissistic personality traits', 23(3) European Psychiatry (2008), 212-218

Anna Kwiatkowska, Ewa Ziolko, Krzysztof Krysta, Adam Brodziak, Irina Krupka-Matuszczyk & Jacek Przybylo, 'Internet addiction and its social consequences', 17(Sup4) European Neuropsychopharmacology (2007), S559-S560

Robert LaRose & Mathew Eastin,'Is online buying out of control? Electronic commerce and consumer self-regulation', 46(4) Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media (2002), 549-564

Robert LaRose & Carolyn Lin, 'Unregulated Internet Usage: Addiction, Habit, or Deficient Self-Regulation?', 5 Media Psychology (2003), 225-253

Shih-Ming Li & Teng-Ming Chung, 'Internet function and Internet addictive behavior', 22(6) Computers in Human Behavior (2006), 1067-1071

Sunny Lin & Chin-Chung Tsai, 'Sensation seeking and internet dependence of Taiwanese high school adolescents', 18(4) Computers in Human Behavior (2002), 411-426

Marlene Maheu & Rona Subotnik, Infidelity on the Internet: Virtual Relationships & Real Betrayal (Naperville: Sourcebooks 2001)

Gert-Jan Meerkerk, Pwned by the Internet: Explorative research into the causes and consequences of compulsive internet use (The Hague 2007)

Peter Mitchell, 'Internet addiction: genuine diagnosis or not?', 355(9204) The Lancet (2000), 632

Janet Morahan-Martin & Paul Schumacher, 'Incidence and correlates of pathological Internet use among college students', 16(1) Computers in Human Behavior (2000), 13-29

Janet Morahan-Martin, 'Caught in the Web: Research and Criticism of Internet Abuse with Application to College Students', Learning and Teaching on the World Wide Web (2001), 191-219

Janet Morahan-Martin, 'Internet Abuse: Addiction? Disorder? Symptom? Alternative Explanations?', 23(1) Social Science Computer Review (2005), 39-48

Brad Mossbarger, 'Is "Internet addiction" addressed in the classroom: A survey of psychology textbooks', 24(2) Computers in Human Behavior (2008), 468-474

Kanwal Nalwa & Archana Preet Anand, 'Internet Addiction in Students: A Cause of Concern', 6(6) CyberPsychology & Behavior (2003), 653-656

Brian Ng & Peter Wiemer-Hastings, 'Addiction to the Internet and online gaming', 8(2) CyberPsychology & Behavior (2005), 110-113

Laura Nichols & Richard Nicki, 'Development of a Psychometrically Sound Internet Addiction Scale: A Preliminary Step', 18(4) Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (2004), 381-384

Katie Niemz, Mark Griffiths & Phil Banyard, 'Prevalence of pathological Internet use among university students and correlations with self-esteem, GHQ and disinhibition', 8 CyberPsychology and Behavior (2005), 562-570

Cara Peters & Charles Bodkin, 'An exploratory investigation of problematic online auction behaviors: Experiences of eBay users', 14(1) Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services (2007), 1-16

Ethel Quayle & Max Taylor, 'Model of Problematic Internet Use in People with a Sexual Interest in Children', 6(1) CyberPsychology & Behavior (2003), 93-106

Ethel Quayle, Mary Vaughan & Max Taylor, 'Sex offenders, Internet child abuse images and emotional avoidance: The importance of values', 11(1) Aggression and Violent Behavior (2006), 1-11

Robert Rotunda, Steven Kass, Melanie Sutton & David Leon, 'Internet Use And Misuse: Preliminary Findings From A New Assessment Instrument', 27(4) Behavior Modification (2003), 484-504

Jennifer Schneider, 'Effects of cybersex addiction on the family: Results of a survey', 7 Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity (2000), 31-58

Howard Shaffer, Matthew Hall & Joni Vander Bilt, '”Computer Addiction”: A Critical Consideration', 70(2) American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (2000), 162-168

Nathan Shapira, Toby Goldsmith, Paul Keck, Uday Khosla & Susan McElroy, 'Psychiatric features of individuals with problematic internet use', 57(1) Journal of Affective Disorders (2000), 267-272

Nathan Shapira, Mary Lessig, Toby Goldsmith, Steven Szabo, Martin Lazoritz, Mark Gold & Dan Stein, 'Problematic internet use: Proposed classification and diagnostic criteria', 17(4) Depression and Anxiety (2003), 207-216

Margaret Shotton, Computer Addiction? A Study of Computer Dependency, (London: Taylor & Francis 1989)

John Suler, 'To Get What You Need: Healthy and Pathological Internet Use', 2 CyberPsychology and Behavior (1999), 385-394

Mike Tonsing 'Technology Both Assists And Complicates Disability Laws In Cyberia', 46 Federal Lawyer (1999) 17-20

Tamas Treuer, Zsolt Fábián & János Füredi, 'Internet addiction associated with features of impulse control disorder: is it a real psychiatric disorder?', 66(2) Journal of Affective Disorders (2001), 283-289

Carol Waldhauser, 'Identifying Addiction', 35 Colorado Lawyer (2006), 73-78

Wei Wang, 'Internet dependency and psychosocial maturity among college students', 55(6) International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (2001), 919-938

Narelle Warden, James Phillips & James Ogloff, 'Internet addiction', 11(2) Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (2004), 280-295

Websence, Web@Work Survey 2002: Cyber Addiction in the Workplace (2002), archived PDF

Laura Widyanto & Mark Griffiths, 'Internet Addiction': A Critical Review', 4(1) International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction (2006), 1557-1574

Laura Widyanto & Mark Griffiths, 'Internet Addiction: Does It Really Exist? (Revisited)', in Jayne Gackenbach [ed], Psychology and the Internet: Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, and Transpersonal Implications, 2 ed (New York: Academic Press 2007), 141-163

Chin-Shan Wu and Fei-Fei Cheng, 'Internet Café Addiction of Taiwanese Adolescents', 10(2) CyberPsychology & Behavior (2007), 220-225

Shu Ching Yang & Chieh-Ju Tung, 'Comparison of Internet addicts and non-addicts in Taiwanese high school', 23(1) Computers in Human Behavior (2007), 79-96

Peter Yellowlees & Shayna Marks, 'Problematic Internet use or Internet addiction?', 23(3) Computers in Human Behavior (2007), 1447-1453

Ju-Yu Yen, Chih-Hung Ko, Cheng-Fang Yen, Hsiu-Yueh Wu & Ming-Jen Yang, 'The Comorbid Psychiatric Symptoms of Internet Addiction: Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Depression, Social Phobia, and Hostility', 41(1) Journal of Adolescent Health (2007), 93-98

Kimberly Young & Robert Rodgers, 'The Relationship Between Depression and Internet Addiction', 1(1) CyberPsychology & Behavior (1998), 25-28

Kimberly Young, 'Internet Addiction: The Emergence Of A New Clinical Disorder', 1(3) CyberPsychology and Behavior (1998), 237-244

Kimberly Young, Caught in the Net: How to recognize the Signs of Internet Addiction and a Winning Stategy for Recovery (New York: Wiley 1998)

Kimberly Young, 'Internet Addiction: Symptoms, Evaluation, And Treatment', in Leon VandeCreek & Thomas Jackson [Ed], Innovations in Clinical Practice 17 (Sarasota: Professional Resource Press 1999)

Kimberly Young & Patrice Klausing, Breaking Free of the Web: Catholics and Internet Addiction (Cincinnati: Saint Anthony Messenger Press 2007)

     points of reference

Adriana Bianchi & James Phillips, 'Psychological predictors of problem mobile phone use', 8(1) CyberPsychology & Behaviour (2005), 39-51

Joël Billieux, Martial Van der Linden & Lucien Rochat, 'The role of impulsivity in actual and problematic use of the mobile phone', Applied Cognitive Psychology (2008)

Mark Brosnan, Technophobia: The Psychological Impact of Information Technology, (1998) New York: Routledge

Adam Burgess, Cellular Phones, Public Fears And A Culture of Precaution (2004) Cambridge, Cambridge Uni Press

Eric Caplan, 'Trains, brains, and sprains: railway spine and the origins of psychoneuroses', 69 Bulletin of the History of Medicine (1995), 387-419

Seth Finn, 'Television "Addiction?": An evaluation of four competing media-use models', 69(2) Journalism Quarterly (1992), 422-435

Bruno Frey, Christine Benesch & Alois Stutzer, 'Does watching TV make us happy?', 28(3) Journal of Economic Psychology (2007), 283-313

Anna Gibbs, 'In Thrall: Affect Contagion and the Bio-Energetics of Media', 8(6) M/C Journal (2005), np

Jeffrey Goldman, 'Addicted To Prada?: United States V. Roach - Shopping Addiction, Significantly Reduced Mental Capacity, And United States Sentencing Guideline §5k2', 39 Gonzaga Law Review (2003), 197-218

David Hajdu, The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America (2008) New York, Farrar Straus Giroux

Ralph Harrington, 'The railway accident: trains, trauma and technological crisis in nineteenth-century Britain', (1999) Institute of Railway Studies & Transport History (University of York) - here

Ralph Harrington, 'The "Railway Spine" diagnosis and Victorian responses to PTSD', 40(1) Journal of Psychosomatic Research (1996), 11-14

Cary Horvath, 'Measuring Television Addiction', 48(3) Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media (2004), 378-398

Arthur Houts, 'Discovery, Invention and the Expansion of the Modern Diagnostic & Statistical Manuals of Mental Disorders', in Rethinking The DSM: A Psychological Perspective (Washington: American Psychological Association 2002) edited by Larry Beutler & Mary Malik, 17-65

John Hughes, Alison Oliveto, John Helzer, Stephen Higgins & Warren Bickel, 'Should Caffeine Abuse, Dependence, or Withdrawal be Added to DSM-IV and ICD-10?', 149 American Journal of Psychiatry (1992), 33-40

Diana James, 'Oz-first survey measures national mobile addiction' (30 March 2006 Queensland University of Technology Media Release), (2006) (PDF)

Diana James & Judy Drennan, 'Exploring Addictive Consumption of Mobile Phone Technology' (2006) (PDF)

Nada Kakabadse, Gayle Porter & David Vance, 'Addicted to technology', 18(4) Business Strategy Review (2007), 81-85

Robert Kubey & Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Television and the Quality of Life (Hillsdale: Lawrence Erlbaum 1990)

Robert Kubey and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, 'Television addiction is no mere metaphor', 286(2) Scientific American (2002), 62-81

Robert McIlwraith, Robin Jacobvitz, Robert Kubey & Alison Alexander, 'Television addiction: Theories and data behind the ubiquitous metaphor', 35(2) American Behavioral Scientist (1991), 104-121

Robert McIlwraith, 'I'm Addicted to Television: The Personality, Imagination, and TV Watching Patterns of Self-Identified TV Addicts', 42(3) Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media (1998), 371-386

Joseph McMenamin & Andrea Tiglio, 'Not the Next Tobacco: Defences to Obesity Claims', 61 Food and Drug Law Journal (2006), 445-518

Joost Meerlo, 'Television Addiction and Reactive Empathy', Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases (1954), 290-291

Gregory Meyer, 'Implications of Information-Gethering Methods for a Refined Taxonomy of Psychopathology', in Rethinking The DSM: A Psychological Perspective (Washington: American Psychological Association 2002) edited by Larry Beutler & Mary Malik, 69-106

Mark Micale & Paul Lerner [ed], Traumatic Pasts: History, Psychiatry & Trauma in the Modern Age, 1870-1930, (2001) Cambridge: Cambridge Uni Press

Peter Miskell, 'Seduced by the Silver Screen: Film Addicts, Critics and Cinema Regulation in Britain in the 1930s and 1940s', 47(3) Business History (2005), 433-448

Woong Ki Park, 'Mobile Phone Addiction', in Richard Ling & Paul Pedersen [ed], Mobile Communications: Re-Negotiation of the Social Sphere, (London: Springer 2003), 253-272

Robin Smith, 'Television addiction', in Jennings Bryant & Dolf Zillman [eds], Perspectives on Media Effects, (Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum 1986), 109-128

Joseph Walther, 'Communication Addiction Disorder: Concern over Media, Behavior and Effects' (PDF) (1999)

     law and cyberaddiction

Peter Arenella, 'Demystifying the Abuse Excuse: Is There One?', 19 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy (1996), 703-709

Richard Bonnie, 'Excusing and Punishing in Criminal Adjudication: A Reality Check, 5 Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy (1995), 1-16

Catherine Clarke, 'From CRIMINET To Cyber-Perp: Toward An Inclusive Approach To Policing the Evolving Criminal Mens Rea On The Internet', 75 Oregon Law Review (1996), 191-231

Alan Dershowitz, The Abuse Excuse And Other Cop-Outs, Sob Stories, And Evasions Of Responsibility, (1994) Boston: Little Brown

Patricia Falk, 'Novel Theories Of Criminal Defense Based Upon The Toxicity Of The Social Environment: Urban Psychosis, Television Intoxication, And Black Rage', 74 North Carolina Law Review (1996), 731-790

Peter Grabosky, Russell Smith & Gregor Urbas, Cyber criminals on trial, (2004) Cambridge: Cambridge Uni Press

Doug Hyne, 'Examining The Legal Challenges To The Restriction Of Computer Access As a Term Of Probation Or Supervised Release', 28 New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement (2002), 215-245

Mark Kende, 'Lost In Cyberspace: The Judiciary's Distracted Application Of Free Speech And Personal Jurisdiction Doctrines To The Internet', 77 Oregon Law Review (1998), 1125-1182

Christopher Slobogin, 'Psychiatric Evidence In Criminal Trials: To Junk Or Not To Junk?', 40 William and Mary Law Review (1998), 1-44

Alan Schwartz, 'Views of Addiction and the Duty to Warn', 75 Virginia Law Review (1989), 509-559

Mike Tonsing 'Technology Both Assists And Complicates Disability Laws In Cyberia', 46 Federal Lawyer (1999) 17-20

Narelle Warden, James Phillips & James Ogloff, 'Internet addiction', 11(2) Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (2004), 280-295