Search for dissertations about: "internet addiction"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words internet addiction.

  2. 1. Internet-based psychological interventions for alcohol use disorder. Treating addiction and supporting concerned significant others

    Author : Niels Eék; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; alcohol use disorder; internet-based treatment; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; relapse prevention; Community Reinforcement and Family Training;

    Abstract : The aim of this doctoral thesis was to investigate the efficacy of three internet interventions for alcohol problems: (1) high-intensity internet treatment (ePlus) compared to (2) an unguided low-intensity internet treatment (eChange) and waiting list (WL) conditions, for people with AUD (Study I, with a long-term follow-up in Study II), and (3) an internet-based version of CRAFT for concerned significant others (CSOs) to individuals with alcohol use disorder (AUD) (Study III). The primary outcomes in Study I and Study II were two measures of the participants’ alcohol consumption: number of standard drinks per week and number of heavy drinking days (HDDs) per week. READ MORE

  4. 2. Pathological Internet use and psychopathology among European adolescents

    Author : Tony Durkee; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: Internet use and accessibility has grown exponentially across the globe. The highest rates are noted in adolescents and youth. The swift development of technological improvements combined with interactive and enticing online activities has demonstrated to be unprecedented. READ MORE

  5. 3. Art and the Real-time Archive: Relocation, Remix, Response

    Author : David Crawford; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; art; aura of information; continuous partial attention; duration; ndexicality; inscription technologies; law of relocation; light of speed; material metaphor; net art; real-time archive; remix; simulated materiality; subject effects; technological addiction;

    Abstract : If Internet artists have recently relocated their work to galleries and museums, there has meanwhile been an increasing engagement on the part of gallery artists with the media. While these migrations are often discussed in aesthetic if not economic terms, this essay asks what such phenomena can tell us about the changing nature of subjectivity in relation to media and technology. READ MORE

  6. 4. Developing novel measures and treatments for gambling disorder

    Author : Olof Molander; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: While gambling is an activity that seems to have entertained humanity for millennia, it is less clear why problematic gambling behavior may persist despite obvious negative consequences, from a research and clinical perspective. With the introduction of the 5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–5), gambling was equated with alcohol and drug use and labeled an addictive disorder, Gambling Disorder (GD). READ MORE