At the time, Lauren didn’t know what was wrong. Now, she says she sees it clear as day: She had a burgeoning internet and ...

Teens who spend lots of time on social media have complained of feeling like they can’t pay attention to more important things like homework or time with loved ones. A new study has possibly captured ...

When spending time online becomes compulsive, or starts encroaching on other aspects of your daily life, it’s time to seek help.

Internet addiction can lead to various physical and mental health problems, especially in teens. But how can parents recognize the signs? According to Pew Research Center, 96% of U.S. teens use the ...

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You might call Kimberly Young a Web-junkie junkie. A licensed psychologist, she founded the Center for Internet Addiction in 1995—before Internet addiction was widely recognized as a problem—and has ...

The invention of social media’s never-ending scroll birthed an unforeseen addiction to the internet, and now, researchers are attempting to measure screen dependency in new studies. Scientists from ...

Kimberly S. Young is a clinical psychologist who has been working on what she calls Internet addiction since the mid-1990s. In 1996, she acknowledged that “the term ...

Pope Leo on Friday warned about the dire consequences of addictions related to internet use, especially for youth.

More parents are concerned about internet addiction by their adolescent children than substance addiction, according to the results of a survey published in JAMA Network Open on Oct. 26. Parents of ...

More a popular idea than a scientifically valid concept, internet addiction is the belief that people can become so dependent on using their mobile phones or other electronic devices that they lose ...

New York (Reuters) - Recollections of strict, unaffectionate parents were more common among young adults with an unhealthy attachment to Internet use, compared to their peers, in a new Greek study.