A conceptual and methodological critique of internet addiction research: Towards a model of compensatory internet use
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Summary
It is argued that conceptual issues and methodological shortcomings surrounding internet addiction research have made theoretical development difficult and an alternative model termed compensatory internet use is presented in an attempt to properly theorize the frequent assumption that people go online to escape real life issues or alleviate dysphoric moods.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 2014-02-01
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- 2,266
- References
- 38
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- Open access
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- https://openalex.org/W2109898199
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Keywords
The Internet, Addiction, Empirical research, Psychology, Argument (complex analysis)
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