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Social Media and Consumer Culture: Addicted to the Idealized Consumer [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
For better or for worse, social media has become party of the fabric of society. As technology and social networking sites increasingly affect the behavior and culture around us, signs of digital addiction are on the rise.
Laeder, James
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Expectations and Reality: The Lived Experiences of Australians With Psychosocial Disability Within the NDIS

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was founded on principles of choice and control, for people with significant mental health challenges (what the NDIS calls ‘psychosocial disability’) these ideals often remain elusive. Support systems continue to be fractured and in the context of ongoing policy reforms, it is vital
Joel Hollier, Jennifer Smith‐Merry
wiley   +1 more source

A nationwide survey of the prevalence and psychosocial correlates of internet addictive disorders in Taiwan

open access: yesJournal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2019
Background and purpose: The American Psychiatric Association has published the diagnostic criteria of Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) in the 5th Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) for further studies to clarify IGD and related ...
Chia-Yi Wu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Status Quo of College Students' Online Shopping Addiction and Its Coping Strategies

open access: yesInternational Journal of Psychological Studies, 2019
With the rapid development of science and technology, electronic payment platforms have become increasingly mature, and network consumption has become increasingly popular. As a special consumer group, more and more college students tend to become addicted to online shopping.
Jiahui Zhang   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Social Problems of Tobacco Marketing in Southwestern Nigeria: A Behavioral Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Tobacco industries has always shown much interest in marketing their line of products and have been very successful in portraying smoking as a socially acceptable behavior to billions of people throughout the world.
Iyiola , O.O.
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God and the Machine: A Correlational Study on Mobile Phone Dependence, Religious Coping, and Mental Health [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Research on the various effects of mobile phones did not begin to be published until after they had already been integrated into society. To date, the results of various studies looking into the relationship between mobile phone use and mental health ...
Bolme, Rachel
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An inevitable wave of prescription drug monitoring programs in the context of prescription opioids: pros, cons and tensions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
BACKGROUND: In an effort to control non-medical use and/or medical abuse of prescription drugs, particularly prescription opioids, electronic prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMP) have been introduced in North-American countries, Australia and ...
Islam, M. Mofizul, McRae, Ian S.
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Mandible composition and properties in two selected praying mantises (Insecta, Mantodea)

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Insects process their food with their cuticle‐based mouthparts. These feeding structures reflect their diversity and can, in some cases, showcase adaptations in material composition, mechanical properties, and shape to suit their specific dietary preferences.
Malo Roze   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Validation of the ACSID-11 for consistent screening of specific Internet-use disorders based on ICD-11 criteria for gaming disorder: A multitrait-multimethod approach

open access: yesComprehensive Psychiatry
Introduction: With the inclusion of gaming disorder in the ICD-11, diagnostic criteria were introduced for this relatively new disorder. These criteria may be applied to other potential specific Internet-use disorders.
Andreas Oelker   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

An exploratory study on internet addiction, somatic symptoms and emotional and behavioral functioning in school-aged adolescents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Objective: In the last two decades there has been a significant transformation regarding the use of new technologies. Despite growing acknowledgement concerning the different activities and functions of digital technologies, there remains a lack of ...
Cerutti, R.   +5 more
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