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Problematic Internet Use including Internet Gaming Disorder and Excessive Smartphone Use

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2020) | Viewed by 11617

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Prof. Dr. Dai-Jin Kim

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Department of Psychiatry, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
Interests: substance addiction; behavioral addiction; brain reward circuitry
Dr. Ji-Won Chun

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Department of Medical Informatics, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 03083, Korea
Interests: behavioral addiction; brain network; cognitive control; computational cognitive neuroscience
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Dear Colleagues,

We are determined to represent a Special Issue on the impact of problematic internet use including internet gaming disorder and excessive smartphone use in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. We would like to have a wide discussion on the impact of problematic internet use in in the interdisciplinary area of environmental health sciences and public health.

Since the late 1990s, the rapid development of the Internet has provided convenience and efficiency in many areas of everyday life. However, at the same time, problems of digital device use have been raised, including Internet gaming disorder and excessive smartphone use. Internet gaming disorder has been included in Section 3 of the research appendix of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (DSM-5). Also, the World Health Organization is pushing ahead with including gaming disorder in the section called ‘Disorders Due to Substance Use or Addictive Behaviors’ of 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). Data related to specific harmful impact of problematic internet use on one’s psychosocial performance are still insufficient even though many researchers have studied about the loss of control related to problematic internet use including internet gaming disorder.

These studies examine the evidence for the impact of excessive use of digital devices and provide an important opportunity to advance our knowledge about problematic internet use. All manuscripts will be peer-reviewed by experts in the field and would be due no later than the end of November 2019.

Prof. Dr. Dai-Jin Kim
Dr. Ji-Won Chun
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • internet gaming disorders
  • excessive smartphone use
  • internet addiction
  • screen time
  • social media
  • Behavioral addiction

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Studies on the Relationship between Social Anxiety and Excessive Smartphone Use and on the Effects of Abstinence and Sensation Seeking on Excessive Smartphone Use
by Liat Turgeman, Inbar Hefner, Maayan Bazon, Or Yehoshua and Aviv Weinstein
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(4), 1262; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17041262 - 15 Feb 2020
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Problematic smartphone use is the excessive use of the smartphone with negative impacts on the quality of life of the user. We investigated the association between social anxiety and excessive smartphone use. The sample consisted of 140 participants, 73 male and 67 female [...] Read more.
Problematic smartphone use is the excessive use of the smartphone with negative impacts on the quality of life of the user. We investigated the association between social anxiety and excessive smartphone use. The sample consisted of 140 participants, 73 male and 67 female university students with a mean age of 26 years and 4 months (SD = 3.38), who filled in the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale and the Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS). Results showed a positive association between social anxiety and excessive smartphone use. Social anxiety explained 31.5% of the variance of ratings on the SAS. A second study investigated the interaction between abstinence and sensation seeking and excessive smartphone use. The sample consisted of 60 participants, 44 female and 16 male university students. The sample was divided into two experimental conditions: 30 participants were abstinent for 1.5 h from the smartphone and 30 participants were non-abstinent. Results showed that excessive smartphone use increased in the group that abstained compared to those who did not. Secondly, participants who had high baseline sensation-seeking ratings had higher scores of excessive smartphone use after abstinence compared with those with low ratings of sensation seeking. These studies indicate the contribution of social anxiety to problematic smartphone use and how it can be exacerbated by the combination of abstinence and high sensation seeking. Full article
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Physical Exercise Decreases the Mobile Phone Dependence of University Students in China: The Mediating Role of Self-Control
by Guan Yang, Guang-xin Tan, Yue-xiang Li, Hai-ying Liu and Song-tao Wang
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16(21), 4098; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214098 - 24 Oct 2019
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This study aimed to explore the relationship between physical exercise (PE) and mobile phone dependence (MPD) in Chinese university students and verify the potential role of self-control (SC) in mediating the decrease of MPD by PE. Through the quota sampling, 608 students that [...] Read more.
This study aimed to explore the relationship between physical exercise (PE) and mobile phone dependence (MPD) in Chinese university students and verify the potential role of self-control (SC) in mediating the decrease of MPD by PE. Through the quota sampling, 608 students that complied with the requirements were surveyed from 10 universities in China. PE, MPD, and SC were assessed using standard scales. For data analysis, t-tests, correlation analysis, hierarchical regression, and regression analysis were carried out in turn. The results showed significant gender differences in PE, MPD, and SC. For male students, the level of PE and score of SC were higher than those in females, yet the MPD score was lower. PE and SC were negatively related to MPD (r = −0.124, p < 0.01; r = −0.563, p < 0.001), so both could remarkably predict MPD (β = −1.00, p < 0.05; β = −0.552, p < 0.001). Gender was also a significant predictor for MPD (β = 0.089, p < 0.05). PE could, to some extent, decrease MPD, in which SC played a significant mediating role—its mediating effect accounted for nearly 71% of the total effect. The present study shows that PE is negatively correlated with MPD, and SC mediates the decrease of MPD by PE for university students in China. This indicates that the improvement of SC by PE could be a highly trustworthy and practicable way to effectively address the issue of MPD in university students or other young people across the world. Full article
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