Determining the Risk of Digital Addiction to Adolescent Targets of Internet Trolling: Implications for the UK Legal System

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Author(s): Jonathan Bishop (Centre for Research into Online Communities and E-Learning Systems, UK)
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 12
Source title: Psychological and Social Implications Surrounding Internet and Gaming Addiction
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Jonathan Bishop (Centre for Research into Online Communities and E-Learning Systems, Swansea, UK)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8595-6.ch003

Keywords: Information Science Reference / Mental Health & Behavioral Studies / Psychology / Social Sciences & Humanities

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Research on digital addiction has been increasing significantly since the start of the 2010s. What is not currently available is a measurement scale to assess the extent to which adolescents are at risk of abuse on the Internet that might lead them to develop digital addiction. This chapter sets out to develop a check-list that can be used to risk assess those youths who might be at risk of digital addiction. Through using data from a study into 1,828 young people aged 9-16, the study devised a 6-point check-list based on using a t-test to determine those at high risk and those at low risk. The check-list can be seen as a reliable way for screening those adolescents for whom concerns are raised over their online activities. The chapter concludes that further research will be needed to test the scale with people in older age ranges.

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