Clinicians drawn in by clients with Internet abuse problems

The increase in the use of information technologies encompasses all educational and social issues, even changing intergenerational skills. It is considered that the most conditioned to this effect are adolescents and young people. This research is a literary review of various studies on addiction and Internet abuse and presents relevant results of the situation of college students and their level of Internet use. The study was developed in seven educational units of Ecuador, with a sample of n = 773 students (53.6% men and 46.4% women). An instrument with sufficient validation guarantees (α.94) has been applied, verified by means of a factorial analysis of main components, which determined two study factors in the use of the Internet and loss of control and interference with life. Through a statistical treatment (Pearson) a good correlation was established (,62) between the two study dimensions, which is a concern in the educational field.

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Internet Abuse and Addiction in the Workplace

Personal Web Usage in the Workplace ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-148-3.ch012 ◽

2004 ◽

pp. 230-245 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mark Griffiths

Keyword(s):

Mass Communication ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Online Gambling ◽

Work Activities ◽

Internet Crime ◽

Work Related ◽

Online Pornography ◽

Working Lives ◽

Internet Abuse ◽

Guidelines And Recommendations

The Internet as a communication medium has become an increasing part of many people’s day-to-day working lives. As with the introduction of other mass communication technologies, issues surrounding use, abuse, and addiction have surfaced. For instance, according to a recent report carried out by the company SurfControl (Snoddy, 2000), office workers who while away one hour a day at work on various non-work activities (e.g., trading shares, booking holidays, shopping online, etc.) could be costing businesses as much as $35 million a year. The survey found that 59% of office Internet use was not work related and that those who traded in shares, played sports, shopped, and booked holidays cost companies the most. It is clear from research such as this that Internet abuse is a serious cause for concern — particularly to employers. This chapter has a number of objectives. It will first introduce readers to the concept of Internet addiction, before going on to look at the wider issue of Internet abuse in the workplace. Generic types of Internet abuse will be described, in addition to further examination of the reasons why Internet abuse occurs. The chapter ends with an overview of three very specific types of Internet abuse (i.e., online pornography, sexually related Internet crime, and online gambling), that will be of concern to employers, before concluding with some guidelines and recommendations for employers and human resources departments.

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An Accounting Framework for Identifying Internet Abuse

Managing Web Usage in the Workplace ◽

10.4018/978-1-930708-18-1.ch016 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 302-318

Author(s):

Asokan Anandarajan ◽

C. A. Srinivasan

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Internet Usage ◽

Activity Based Costing ◽

Remedial Action ◽

Current Accounting ◽

Web Usage ◽

Internet Abuse ◽

Head Count ◽

Costing System ◽

It Departments

Current accounting methods used by companies do not charge departments appropriately for Internet usage. The problem is compounded because information technology (IT) departments have lacked the ability and process to track Internet usage. Currently time and costs for Internet usage by departments are often allocated based on head count or perceived usage. This crude allocation method could result in disproportionate allocation and charges, some departments being attributed more than their share while other departments get “free rides.” This paper recommends the use of an activity-based costing system for budgeting the costs associated with Internet usage. The costs thus budgeted can then be compared to actual costs to arrive at a variance. If such variance is unfavorable, and it is significant, then managers should be penalized as this could reflect abuse with respect to Web usage. Penalization could take the form of reducing departmental incomes by the variance. If managers are evaluated on departmental earnings, then there will be an incentive to investigate the problem and take remedial action.

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Factors Contributing to Internet Abuse in the Workplace: Behaviour in SMEs

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Research of Arts, Design and Humanities (ISRADH 2014) ◽

10.1007/978-981-287-530-3_10 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 101-112

Author(s):

Roshaliza Mohd Rosli ◽

Anitawati Mohd Lokman ◽

Azhar Abdul Aziz ◽

Saidatul Rahah Hamidi

Keyword(s):

Internet Abuse

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Family relationships and internet abuse in 25 European countries

Families Relationships and Societies ◽

10.1332/204674319x15717233345931 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Reynaldo G. Rivera ◽

David Santos ◽

Marc Grau Grau ◽

Laurie F. DeRose

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Family Structure ◽

Family Relationships ◽

Protective Factor ◽

Positive Parenting ◽

European Countries ◽

Large Cities ◽

Country Level ◽

Internet Abuse ◽

Sociodemographic Risk

The aim of this article is to understand the link between family relationships and internet abuse (IA) using a sample of 18,709 children in 25 European countries. Our results suggest that family relationships are a significant predictor of IA – even when controlling for other significant individual and country-level factors. According to our results, children in two-parent families were less likely to have IA than children in other types of homes, but their advantage seems to derive from having better family dynamics (manifest in more communicative and less autonomous lifestyles) rather than family structure as such. Moreover, the importance of family structure with respect to IA is mediated by children’s relational lifestyles. This suggests that positive parenting characterised by high levels of dialogue may work as a protective factor of IA. We also identified sociodemographic risk factors: IA is more common among older and male children, those with lower levels of self-efficacy, and those living in large cities. The specific components of advantageous relational lifestyles can guide interventions to protect children from IA.

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