Calum Irving

Hi, this is Calum Irving, here today talk about I

Author: Calum Irving

Hi, this is Calum Irving, here today talk about Internet use and addiction, which some of you might be familiar with seeing as you're on the Internet listening to this right now. Today I'll be talking to 4th year psychology student Catriona about Internet users and addiction. Catriona is currently in the process of writing her dissertation which surrounds the topic of Internet use and individuals that are likely to use it. I posed some questions to Catriona about why Internet addiction is such a huge current topic, it's current place in mental health diagnoses and how to spot individuals that are more likely to suffer from the addiction itself. This is what Catriona had to say. Theres been a rise in scientific studies that are looking at internet use due to the increased eh number of users and devices on which we can access the internet. Over the past 2 years internet users have increased by over 2 billion and on average people spend around 6.2 hours a day accessing the internet. Due to this massive rise in internet use, internet addiction has become a much larger problem. And some psychologists have suggested that internet addiction should be classified as a diagnosed mental health disorder. As with all mental health disorders its necessary to understand the types of people that are more susceptible to suffering in order to aid treatments. Studies so far have suggested that people that are low on interpersonal relationships but are curious and more open to ideas are more likely to suffer from internet addiction. Its also been noted that shy in introverted individuals are more likely to be addicted to the internet, especially in women using social networking sites. This makes sense at it implies that people that dont have the communication skills to interact with others on a day to day basis take to the internet in order to interact. The most predictive trait in internet use and addiction is high levels of neuroticism which are more often associated with anxiety. Un
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