著者

小寺 敦之

出版者

東洋英和女学院大学

雑誌

人文・社会科学論集 = Toyo Eiwa Journal of the humanities and social science (ISSN:09157794)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.31, pp.29-46, 2014-03

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As Internet use has proliferated worldwide, maladaptive patterns or negative impacts of Internet use, so-called Internet addiction, have been increasingly reported. This study critically reviewed literature and discussed some problems regarding the study of Internet addiction. Development of Internet addiction research and criticism of this subjectindicates that the research to date on Internet addiction 1) has no heoretical background, 2) lacks valid measurement, 3) may have resented misleading causal relationships, 4) has restricted research with a psychiatric paradigm, and 5) has been debated on the presumption that the Internet has brought negative consequences. IfInternet addiction truly exists, researchers must respond to these problems.