Title: Excessive Internet use -- addiction disorder or not?
Authors: Hinič, Darko; Mihajlovič, Goran; Špirič, Željko; Đukič-Dejanovič, Slavica; Jovanovič, Mirjana
Abstract: The article attempts to define whether excessive Internet use can be considered a form of addiction. It enumerates the diagnostic criteria for defining Internet addiction such as the occurrence of tolerance, abstinence symptoms and offline addiction. The two distinct types of Internet addiction are discussed, namely specific and generalized. Also cited are the two main tasks present in empirical attempts to try to define Internet addiction.
Subjects: INTERNET addiction; TOLERATION; TEMPERANCE; INTERNET; COMPULSIVE behavior
Publication: Vojnosanitetski Pregled: Military Medical & Pharmaceutical Journal of Serbia, 2008, Vol 65, Issue 10, p763
ISSN: 0042-8450
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.2298/VSP0810763H

Excessive Internet use -- addiction disorder or not?

Hinič, Darko; Mihajlovič, Goran; Špirič, Željko; Đukič-Dejanovič, Slavica; Jovanovič, Mirjana