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| Title |
Internet addiction: a 21stcentury epidemic?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medicine, October 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1741-7015-8-61 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Dimitri A Christakis |
| Abstract |
Internet addiction, while not yet officially codified within a psychopathological framework, is growing both in prevalence and within the public consciousness as a potentially problematic condition with many parallels to existing recognized disorders. The rapid and unfettered increase in the number of people accessing a relatively unrestricted internet substantially increases the possibility that those suffering with an underlying psychological comorbidity may be at serious risk of developing an addiction to the internet, lending further credence to this hitherto understudied condition. In this commentary, I outline my recommendations for improved diagnosis, study and prevention of internet addiction. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 5 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 3 | 60% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 251 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| France | 3 | 1% |
| Italy | 3 | 1% |
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Hungary | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 4 | 2% |
| Unknown | 233 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 44 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 38 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 26 | 10% |
| Researcher | 20 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 17 | 7% |
| Other | 56 | 22% |
| Unknown | 50 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 60 | 24% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 53 | 21% |
| Social Sciences | 25 | 10% |
| Computer Science | 12 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 4% |
| Other | 36 | 14% |
| Unknown | 55 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 55. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 September 2022.
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#727,189
of 24,469,913 outputs
Outputs from BMC Medicine
#505
of 3,779 outputs
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#1,977
of 103,115 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medicine
#4
of 22 outputs
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