Addictive Behaviour on the Internet: A Quagmire for the Young and Unsuspecting

Abstract

The present account examines addictive disorders that are linked to internet technological advances and communicational, more-or-less, unrestricted access, namely gambling disorder, Internet gaming disorder, and most particularly, Internet addiction. Although problems may arise regarding the incidence of so-called 'false-positives' and 'false-negatives' Ferguson, 2018 together complexities pertaining to gender differences and neurogenetic and epigenetic realities that implicate the etioneurogenesis of addiction gaming and internet disorders, it is necessary to apply a perspective of psychobiological and temporary and long-term considerations in order to conceptualize these particular types of addictive behavior. Unsurprisingly it has been postulated that adolescents, generally the main users of novel technologies, apply these new expressions of themselves as vehicles for social interaction.