Departamento de Psicología Biológica y de la Salud, Facultad de Psicología, Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
Span J Psychol. 2010 Nov;13(2):697-707. doi: 10.1017/s1138741600002365.
Addiction to and problematic use of the Internet are relatively recent phenomena whose scope, characteristics and correlates have begun to receive increasing attention by clinicians and researchers alike. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between time spent connected to the Internet and the variables that indicate a pathological and addictive use of this technological resource. The sample was comprised of 1,301 university students of both sexes (927 women and 374 men), with ages ranging from 18 to 30 years old. The results showed that, although most people use the Internet appropriately, users who invest higher quantities of time in the Internet more frequently exhibit connection behavior that is controlled through negative reinforcement, a high degree of arousal when online, loss of control over connection behavior, changes in health-related habits, and interference in the social, family, academic, or work spheres. These findings suggest that excessive Internet use is associated with the onset of several problems that are similar to those associated with other behavioral and technological addictions.
网络成瘾和问题性使用是相对较新的现象，其范围、特征和相关性开始受到临床医生和研究人员的越来越多的关注。本研究的目的是探讨与互联网连接时间相关的变量与表明病理性和成瘾性使用这种技术资源的变量之间的关系。样本由 1301 名男女大学生（927 名女性和 374 名男性）组成，年龄在 18 至 30 岁之间。结果表明，尽管大多数人都能适当地使用互联网，但投入更多时间上网的用户更频繁地表现出通过负强化控制的连接行为，上网时的高度兴奋，对连接行为失去控制，与健康相关的习惯发生变化，以及干扰社会、家庭、学术或工作领域。这些发现表明，过度使用互联网与出现几种问题有关，这些问题与其他行为和技术成瘾有关。
