Viciados na Internet

Este artigo apresenta o resultado de um estudo sobre a utilização da Internet por adolescentes australianos e compara-o com estudos norte-americanos.

O artigo
Teenagers at risk of internet addiction
By Louise Williams and Tim Colquhoun
November 23, 2005

If your teenager spends hours huddled over a computer, there is a good chance you have something to worry about — internet addiction.
The first study of the impact of internet use on Australian teenagers found a third of respondents were "in the process of becoming psychologically addicted" and teenagers, on average, spent 13 hours a week on-line.
The pilot study, conducted by Dr Mubarak Ali of Flinders University in Adelaide, focused on 114 government and private-school students across a broad socio-economic range.