What is it about?
Analyzing results of multiple questionnaires including Young’s IA test, the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), and family relationship questionnaires on a national level, we stated factors that could play an important role in Internet addiction among Iranian high school and secondary school adolescents.
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Why is it important?
The findings of this study could help parents, school counselors, and teachers to pay more attention to excessive Internet use in adolescents and propose possible solutions.
Perspectives
The results are data-driven utilizing well-known questionnaires on national level. They could also provide insight to Internet Addiction issue in other countries.
Dr. Abolfazl Saghafi
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
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This page is a summary of: Psychosocial Profile of Iranian Adolescents' Internet Addiction, Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking, July 2013, Mary Ann Liebert Inc,
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0237.
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