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Computer addiction

Index Computer addiction

Computer addiction can be described as the excessive or compulsive use of the computer which persists despite serious negative consequences for personal, social, or occupational function. [1]

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Behavioral addiction

Behavioral addiction is a form of addiction that involves a compulsion to engage in a rewarding non-drug-related behavior – sometimes called a natural reward – despite any negative consequences to the person's physical, mental, social or financial well-being.

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Cyberpathology

Cyberpathology refers to the phenomena that "individuals can become overly attached to their computers, computer games, or the Internet and spend inordinate amounts of time in front of their monitors".

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Cyberpsychology

Cyberpsychology (or Internet psychology or web psychology) is a developing field that encompasses all psychological phenomena associated with or affected by emerging technology.

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Fear of missing out

Fear of missing out, or FOMO, is "a pervasive apprehension that others might be having rewarding experiences from which one is absent".

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Index of Internet-related articles

This page provides an index of articles thought to be Internet or Web related topics.

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Maressa Orzack

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Mobile phone overuse

Mobile phone overuse (mobile-phone addiction, problem mobile phone use, or mobile phone dependency) is a dependence syndrome seen among mobile phone users.

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Online disinhibition effect

Online disinhibition is the lack of restraint one feels when communicating online in comparison to communicating in-person.

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Spring (TV series)

Spring was a Flemish television soap made by Studio 100 for children's channel Ketnet.

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Video game addiction

Video game addiction (VGA) has been suggested by some in the medical community as a distinct behavioral addiction characterized by excessive or compulsive use of computer games or video games that interferes with a person's everyday life.

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2007 National People's Congress

The 5th Session of the 10th National People's Congress held its annual meeting from March 5 to March 15, 2007 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, in conjunction with the 2007 CPPCC.

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Addiction to computers, Cyberphilia, Pathological Internet use.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_addiction

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