Internet addiction: Meta-synthesis of qualitative research for the decade 1996–2006 |
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| Authors: | Alecia C. Douglas Juline E. Mills Mamadou Niang Svetlana Stepchenkova Sookeun Byun Celestino Ruffini Seul Ki Lee Jihad Loutfi Jung-Kook Lee Mikhail Atallah Marina Blanton |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Purdue University, United States;2. College of Business, University of New Haven, United States;3. Department of Industrial Technology, Purdue University, United States;4. KwangWoon University, College of Business Administration, South Korea;5. Division of Business, Indiana University, United States;6. College of Science, Purdue University, United States;g Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame, United States |
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| Abstract: | Internet addiction is “an individual’s inability to control their Internet use, which in turn leads to feelings of distress and functional impairment of daily activities” [Shapira, N., Lessig, M., Goldsmith, T., Szabo, S., Lazoritz, M., Gold, M. et al. (2003). Problematic Internet use: Proposed classification and diagnostic criteria. Depression and Anxiety, 17(4), 207–216]. Previous research in this field has offered inconclusive data on whether Internet addiction can be classified as a disorder. This study provides an in-depth and comprehensive analysis of internet addiction through a meta-synthesis of qualitative studies on excessive Internet use published during the period of 1996–2006. Several constructs pertaining to the domain of Internet addiction have been identified and a theoretical model of Internet addiction has been proposed. |
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| Keywords: | Internet addiction Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) Meta-synthesis Qualitative research design |
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