Seeking safety on the internet: Relationship between social anxiety and problematic internet use

Internet Gaming Disorder Behaviors in Emergent Adulthood: a Pilot Study Examining the Interplay Between Anxiety and Family Cohesion

“…More specifically, results suggested that emergent adult MMO players who reported higher anxiety were inclined to have higher IGD scores. This is in consensus with previous research indicating the role of anxiety as a risk factor for addictions in general (Buckner and Schmidt 2009;Cooper et al 2014;Parhami et al 2014;Sareen et al 2006;Van Der Maas 2016), and for onlinerelated addictive behaviors in particular (Andreassen et al 2016;Lee and Stapinski 2012).…”

“…A significant relationship between anxiety and addictive behaviors, and technological addictions in particular, has been repeatedly demonstrated (Andreassen et al 2016;Buckner and Schmidt 2009;Cooper et al 2014;Essau et al 2014;Lee and Stapinski 2012;Parhami et al 2014;Sareen et al 2006;Van Der Maas 2016). Furthermore, anxiety-related factors such as sensitivity to stress, perceived uncontrollability, and avoidance have also been shown to be associated with addiction severity (Forsyth et al 2003).…”

A Comparative Analysis of Psychological Disorders between Internet Addicted Students and Ordinary Internet Users in Zabol University of Medical Sciences

“…This finding is consistent with the findings of Lee and Stapinski [13], Kruot et al [14], and Hadadvand et al [15]. Internet addiction is a chronic, universal and recurrent phenomenon with serious physical, financial, family, mental and social injuries.…”

“…Internet addiction is a chronic, universal and recurrent phenomenon with serious physical, financial, family, mental and social injuries. Studies show that cases such as alcohol and drug abuse, somatic disorders such as obesity, dry eyes, irregular meals, headache and backache are associated with Internet addiction [13]. Studies indicate that due to excessive use of the Internet, productivity and efficiency of users drops.…”

Social anxiety moderates the links between excessive chatting and compulsive Internet use

“…The majority of the studies in the current literature focus either on the direct links between social anxiety and chatting on the one hand, or social anxiety and compulsive Internet use on the other hand. For example, high levels of social anxiety have been associated with a tendency for compulsive Internet use (Chak & Leung, 2004;Lee & Stapinski, 2012). In addition, social anxiety has been found to predict excessive chatting (Caplan, 2003;Chak & Leung, 2004) as well as problematic Internet use such as viewing sexually explicit material or gambling online (Caplan, 2007).…”