A conceptual and methodological critique of internet addiction research: Towards a model of compensatory internet use

•Internet addiction research is suffering from a lack of progress and clear results.•Paper suggests investigating motivations in conjunction with psychosocial problems.•Paper presents a theory of compensatory internet use to further theoretical development. Internet addiction is a rapidly growing fi...

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Published in:	Computers in human behavior Vol. 31; pp. 351 - 354
Main Author:	Kardefelt-Winther, Daniel
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2014
Subjects:	Compensatory internet use Compulsive internet use Computer simulation Empirical analysis Human behavior Internet Internet addiction Mediation Motivations for internet use On-line systems Online Problematic internet use Receiving Strategy Motivations for internet use Compulsive internet use Problematic internet use Internet addiction Compensatory internet use
ISSN:	0747-5632, 1873-7692
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