Young K S
University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, Department of Psychology, PA 16701, USA.
Psychol Rep. 1996 Dec;79(3 Pt 1):899-902. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1996.79.3.899.
This case involves a homemaker 43 years of age who is addicted to using the Internet. This case was selected as it demonstrates that a nontechnologically oriented woman with a reportedly content home life and no prior addiction or psychiatric history abused the Internet which resulted in significant impairment to her family life. This paper defines addictive use of the Internet, outlines the subject's progression of addictive on-line use, and discusses the implications of such addictive behavior on the new market of Internet consumers.
该案例涉及一名43岁的家庭主妇，她沉迷于使用互联网。选择这个案例是因为它表明，一名据称家庭生活美满、此前没有成瘾或精神病史、对技术不太感兴趣的女性滥用互联网，这对她的家庭生活造成了严重损害。本文定义了互联网成瘾行为，概述了该对象成瘾性网络使用的发展过程，并讨论了这种成瘾行为对互联网消费者新市场的影响。
