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Causes and consequences of technology addiction: A review of information systems and information technology studies

Year 2022, Volume: 8 Issue: 3, 299 - 306, 31.07.2022

Osman Uslu

https://doi.org/10.24289/ijsser.1131136
Cited By: 3

Abstract

The purpose of the current study is to review the causes and consequences of technology addiction. With conceptual and descriptive intent, the scope of technology addiction, its similarities and differences with other addictions, and the causes and consequences of technology addiction have been examined. It has been determined that substance addictions differ from technology addictions due to their destructive consequences. Internet, game, smartphone, and social networking sites addictions are the most prominent types of technology addiction. Personality, personality traits, psychological mood, and environmental factors are significant in terms of both causes and consequences of technology addiction. Mentioned factors have been examined in detail and interpreted from a holistic view. The study will be expected to contribute to technology addiction and management information systems literature from a broad and holistic perspective.

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Addiction Technology addiction Information technology

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  • Ko, C. H., Yen, J. Y., Chen, C. S., Yeh, Y. C., & Yen, C. F. (2009). Predictive values of psychiatric symptoms for internet addiction in adolescents: a 2-year prospective study. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 163(10), 937-943. https://doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.159.
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  • Li, Q., Guo, X., & Bai, X. (2017). Weekdays or weekends: Exploring the impacts of microblog posting patterns on gratification and addiction. Information & Management, 54(5), 613-624. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2016.12.004.
  • Liang, L., Zhou, D., Yuan, C., Shao, A., & Bian, Y. (2016). Gender differences in the relationship between internet addiction and depression: A cross-lagged study in Chinese adolescents. Computers in Human Behavior, 63, 463-470. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.04.043.
  • Luigjes, J., Lorenzetti, V., de Haan, S., Youssef, G. J., Murawski, C., Sjoerds, Z., ... & Yücel, M. (2019). Defining compulsive behavior. Neuropsychology Review, 29(1), 4-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11065-019-09404-9.
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  • Oberst, U., Wegmann, E., Stodt, B., Brand, M., & Chamarro, A. (2017). Negative consequences from heavy social networking in adolescents: The mediating role of fear of missing out. Journal of Adolescence, 55, 51–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2016.12.008.
  • Parvizy, S., Nikbahkt, A., Pournaghash Tehrani, S., & Shahrokhi, S. (2005). Adolescents’ perspectives on addiction: qualitative study. Nursing & health sciences, 7(3), 192-198. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-2018.2005.00237.x.
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  • Young, K. S. (2004). Internet addiction: A new clinical phenomenon and its consequences. American behavioral scientist, 48(4), 402-415. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764204270278.
  • Zheng, X., & Lee, M. K. (2016). Excessive use of mobile social networking sites: Negative consequences on individuals. Computers in Human Behavior, 65, 65-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.08.011.

Year 2022, Volume: 8 Issue: 3, 299 - 306, 31.07.2022

Osman Uslu

https://doi.org/10.24289/ijsser.1131136
Cited By: 3

Abstract

References

  • Akın, A., & İskender, M. (2011). Internet addiction and depression, anxiety and stress. International online journal of educational sciences, 3(1), 138-148.
  • Amudhan, S., Prakasha, H., Mahapatra, P., Burma, A. D., Mishra, V., Sharma, M. K., & Rao, G. N. (2021). Technology addiction among school-going adolescents in India: epidemiological analysis from a cluster survey for strengthening adolescent health programs at district level. Journal of public health (Oxford, England), fdaa257. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdaa257.
  • Bányai, F., Zsila, Á., Király, O., Maraz, A., Elekes, Z., Griffiths, M. D., ... & Demetrovics, Z. (2017). Problematic social media use: Results from a large-scale nationally representative adolescent sample. PloS one, 12(1), e0169839. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169839.
  • Barthakur, M., & Sharma, M. K. (2012). Problematic internet use and mental health problems. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 5(3), 279-280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2012.01.010.
  • Belcher, H. M., & Shinitzky, H. E. (1998). Substance abuse in children: Prediction, protection, and prevention. Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 152(10), 952-960. https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.152.10.952.
  • Brand, M., Laier, C., & Young, K. S. (2014). Internet addiction: coping styles, expectancies, and treatment implications. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 1256. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01256.
  • Chóliz, M., Echeburúa, E., & Ferre, F. (2017). Screening tools for technological addictions: A Proposal for the strategy of mental health. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 15(2), 423-433. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-017-9743-1.
  • Chóliz, M., Echeburúa, E., & J Labrador, F. (2012). Editorial (Hot Topic: Technological Addictions: Are These the New Addictions?). Current psychiatry reviews, 8(4), 290-291. https://doi.org/10.2174/157340012803520540.
  • Chou, C., Condron, L., & Belland, J. C. (2005). A review of the research on Internet addiction. Educational psychology review, 17(4), 363-388. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-005-8138-1.
  • Cuomo, C., Sarchiapone, M., Di Giannantonio, M., Mancini, M., & Roy, A. (2008). Aggression, impulsivity, personality traits, and childhood trauma of prisoners with substance abuse and addiction. The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse, 34(3), 339-345. https://doi.org/10.1080/00952990802010884.
  • D’Arcy, J., Gupta, A., Tarafdar, M., & Turel, O. (2014). Reflecting on the “dark side” of information technology use. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 35(1), 5. https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.03505.
  • Dennis, M., & Scott, C. K. (2007). Managing addiction as a chronic condition. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 4(1), 45–55. https://doi.org/10.1151/ascp074145.
  • Fox, J., & Moreland, J. J. (2015). The dark side of social networking sites: An exploration of the relational and psychological stressors associated with Facebook use and affordances. Computers in Human Behavior, 45, 168-176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.11.083.
  • Griffiths, M. (1995, February). Technological addictions. In Clinical psychology forum (pp. 14-14). Division of Clinical Psychology of the British Psychol Soc.
  • Griffiths, M., & Wood, R. (2000). Risk factors in adolescence: The case of gambling, videogame playing, and the internet. Journal of Gambling Studies, 16, 199–225. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009433014881.
  • Hall, P. (2011). A biopsychosocial view of sex addiction. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 26(3), 217-228. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681994.2011.628310.
  • Jorgenson AG, Hsiao RC-J, Yen C-F. (2016). Internet addiction and other behavioral addictions. Child Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 25(3), 509–520. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chc.2016.03.004.
  • Jun, S., & Choi, E. (2015). Academic stress and Internet addiction from general strain theory framework. Computers in Human Behavior, 49, 282-287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.03.001.
  • Kendler, K. S., Myers, J., & Prescott, C. A. (2007). Specificity of Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors for Symptoms of Cannabis, Cocaine, Alcohol, Caffeine, and Nicotine Dependence. Arch Gen Psychiatry, 64(11), 1313–1320. doi:10.1001/archpsyc.64.11.1313.
  • Kim H-J, Min J-Y, Min K-B, Lee T-J, Yoo S (2018) Relationship among family environment, self-control, friendship quality, and adolescents’ smartphone addiction in South Korea: Findings from nationwide data. PLoS ONE 13(2): e0190896. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190896.
  • Kim, H. J., Min, J. Y., Min, K. B., Lee, T. J., & Yoo, S. (2018). Relationship among family environment, self-control, friendship quality, and adolescents’ smartphone addiction in South Korea: Findings from nationwide data. PloS one, 13(2), e0190896. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190896.
  • Ko, C. H., Yen, J. Y., Chen, C. S., Yeh, Y. C., & Yen, C. F. (2009). Predictive values of psychiatric symptoms for internet addiction in adolescents: a 2-year prospective study. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 163(10), 937-943. https://doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.159.
  • Kumar, S., Kumar, A., Badiyani, B., Singh, S. K., Gupta, A., & Ismail, M. B. (2018). Relationship of internet addiction with depression and academic performance in Indian dental students. Clujul Medical (1957), 91(3), 300–306. https://doi.org/10.15386/cjmed-796.
  • Lemmens, J. S., Valkenburg, P. M., & Peter, J. (2009). Development and validation of a game addiction scale for adolescents. Media psychology, 12(1), 77-95. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213260802669458.
  • Li, Q., Guo, X., & Bai, X. (2017). Weekdays or weekends: Exploring the impacts of microblog posting patterns on gratification and addiction. Information & Management, 54(5), 613-624. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2016.12.004.
  • Liang, L., Zhou, D., Yuan, C., Shao, A., & Bian, Y. (2016). Gender differences in the relationship between internet addiction and depression: A cross-lagged study in Chinese adolescents. Computers in Human Behavior, 63, 463-470. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.04.043.
  • Luigjes, J., Lorenzetti, V., de Haan, S., Youssef, G. J., Murawski, C., Sjoerds, Z., ... & Yücel, M. (2019). Defining compulsive behavior. Neuropsychology Review, 29(1), 4-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11065-019-09404-9.
  • Lüscher, C., Robbins, T. W., & Everitt, B. J. (2020). The transition to compulsion in addiction. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 21(5), 247-263. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41583-020-0289-z.
  • Moqbel, M., & Kock, N. (2018). Unveiling the dark side of social networking sites: Personal and work-related consequences of social networking site addiction. Information & Management, 55(1), 109-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2017.05.001.
  • Oberst, U., Wegmann, E., Stodt, B., Brand, M., & Chamarro, A. (2017). Negative consequences from heavy social networking in adolescents: The mediating role of fear of missing out. Journal of Adolescence, 55, 51–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2016.12.008.
  • Parvizy, S., Nikbahkt, A., Pournaghash Tehrani, S., & Shahrokhi, S. (2005). Adolescents’ perspectives on addiction: qualitative study. Nursing & health sciences, 7(3), 192-198. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-2018.2005.00237.x.
  • Turel, O., Serenko, A., & Bontis, N. (2011). Family and work-related consequences of addiction to organizational pervasive technologies. Information & Management, 48(2-3), 88-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2011.01.004.
  • Turel, O., Serenko, A., & Bontis, N. (2011). Family and work-related consequences of addiction to organizational pervasive technologies. Information & Management, 48(2-3), 88-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2011.01.004.
  • Wang, B. Q., Yao, N. Q., Zhou, X., Liu, J., & Lv, Z. T. (2017). The association between attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and internet addiction: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC psychiatry, 17(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-017-1408-x.
  • Wartberg, L., Kriston, L., Kammerl, R., Petersen, K. U., & Thomasius, R. (2015). Prevalence of pathological internet use in a representative German sample of adolescents: Results of a latent profile analysis. Psychopathology, 48(1), 25-30. https://doi.org/10.1159/000365095.
  • Young, K. S. (2004). Internet addiction: A new clinical phenomenon and its consequences. American behavioral scientist, 48(4), 402-415. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764204270278.
  • Zheng, X., & Lee, M. K. (2016). Excessive use of mobile social networking sites: Negative consequences on individuals. Computers in Human Behavior, 65, 65-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.08.011.
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