Internet Addiction
It is thought that nearly five million people today are addicted to the Internet. With that many people experiencing addiction symptoms, it is important for the mental health community to develop methods of treatment. In an article in the March-April 1998 issue of Psychology Today, author Carol Potera explores the questions and realities of online use and addictions.
Although use of the Internet became common in the early 1990s, it wasn't until 1994 that an associate professor of psychology, Kimberly Young, discovered that some people were spending a large amount of time online and suffering negative consequences for it. Not having a real name for the condition, she called it "Internet Addiction."
The survey of 500 Internet users led Young to classify people as dependent or non-dependent on the Internet. Dependent users claimed that they used the Internet 38 hours per week, compared to 5 hours reported by the non-dependent users. Thirty-five percent said their favorite activity was talking in chat rooms. Another study done two years later showed that dependents spent twice as much time in chat rooms as non-dependent users.
Young's study asked about financial, personal, work, or school problems caused by Internet use. Half the dependents said they had problems but none of the non-dependents did.
But another study reported even more serious statistics. Counseling Net reported on a study by Dr. Janet Morahn-Martin at Bryant College wherein she concluded that 72% of those with high Internet use experienced problems with work, school and relationships. (COUNSELING.)
It's not really known how many people have Internet Addiction, but since there are similarities to other addictions, numbers can be estimated. Since about five to ten percent of people who drink or gamble develop addiction problems, it can be estimated that of the 47 million people online (at the time of the study) possibly two to five million developed Internet Addiction.
Young was surprised to discover that middle-aged women, instead of young men, were the most likely to become dependent users. Yet other statistics that same year claimed that the typical...
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