neil mathis's List: Researching Credible Connections

• • Many feel out of control and
    helpless and report serious impairments in their lives as a result of their Internet use
• • Many question the appropriateness of the drug addiction model to
    explain any habitual or compulsive behavior, even those that are self-destructive behaviors.
• • le who are lonely and/or depressed may turn to the Internet to alleviate
    Morahan-Martin / INTERNET ABUSE 41
• • . For extroverts,
    increased use of the Internet over time is associated with “increased sense of well-being,
    including decreased levels of loneliness, decreased negative affect, decreased time pressure,
    and increased self esteem” (p. 64) and with social involvement

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