German scientists conducted a comprehensive study showing that people’s immersion in the vastness of the internet on phones is determined by the interaction of several interrelated psychological mechanisms.
The internet is an inseparable part of modern life. We work with the help of the internet, communicate online, shop online, and spend a large part of our free time there.
For some people, this does not cause major problems. However, there are people who eventually realize that they can no longer control their actions. One spends hours on social networks, another cannot stop playing video games, a third endlessly browses online stores or constantly watches pornography.
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This phenomenon is called problematic internet use. Scientists sought to understand why this happens and what psychological mechanisms lead to it. The result is one of the most comprehensive studies in this field to date.
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