Motivational Self esteem freedom aggression

interviewing
Substance abuse personality Reality therapy Psychosocial
wellbeing
adolescents Depression Group therapy Young adults
Young adults alcohol
Family/ parent-child Impulsive control Anxiety/social
relation anxiety

Review

1. Mitchell, P. (2000). Internet addiction: genuine diagnosis or not?. The Lancet, 355(9204),

632.
2. The effect of a R/T group counseling program on the Internet addiction level and
self-esteem of Internet addiction university students.
Participants in the treatment group attended the R/T group counseling program
that was held 2 sessions per week for 5 consecutive weeks, whereas participants
in the control group received no treatment. The findings indicated that the
treatment program effectively reduced addiction level and self-esteem of Internet
addiction University students.
College students, also, are vulnerable to Internet addiction because of many
factors such as difficulty adapting to life away from home and underlying
psychological problems, including depression or social anxiety.
This conclusion also supports Abbott's (1980) suggestion that the focus of
treatment was not on Internet use, but on his or her decision-making and the
responsibility for dealing with situations in his or her life that would be more
helpful.
Kim, J. U. (2008). The effect of a R/T group counseling program on the Internet addiction
level and self-esteem of Internet addiction university students. International Journal of
reality therapy, 27(2).

3. Treatment of internet addiction

.
Huang, X. Q., Li, M. C., & Tao, R. (2010). Treatment of internet addiction.  Current
psychiatry reports, 12(5), 462-470.

4. Internet Addiction Prevalence and Quality of (Real) Life: A Meta-Analysis of 31

Nations Across Seven World Regions
the IA prevalence is positively linked with traffic commute time consumption and
pollution. By increasing the efficiency of transportation networks and installing
stricter pollution controls, the environmental stress that people suffer from may be
alleviated. When less stressed, people may be less likely to escape into the virtual
world of the Internet to search for emotional comfort,27,28 and hence the
likelihood of developing IA may be reduced.
 Cheng, C., & Li, A. Y. L. (2014). Internet addiction prevalence and quality of (real) life: A
meta-analysis of 31 nations across seven world regions. Cyberpsychology, Behavior,
and Social Networking, 17(12), 755-760.
5. Internet addiction is associated with social anxiety in young adults
Specifically, social anxiety is associated with a lack of confidence in presentation
skills and an intention to create a positive impression on others. To reduce
anxiety, socially anxious individuals prefer encounters with lowrisk social
communication. They therefore choose online interaction over face-to-face
communication because of the lower risk involved in online communication,
which enables them to hide and control the less positive aspects of their
appearance and behavior.
Weinstein, A., Dorani, D., Elhadif, R., Bukovza, Y., Yarmulnik, A., & Dannon, P. (2015).
Internet addiction is associated with social anxiety in young adults. Annals of Clinical
Psychiatry, 27(1), 4-9.

6. A study of Internet addiction through the lens of the interpersonal theory

the level of social anxiety is hypothesized to positively correlate with Internet
addiction. The results of this study confirm the research model hypotheses,
indicating that the quality of parent–child relationship is indeed positively
correlated to the quality of our participants' interpersonal relationships and that
frustrating interpersonal relationships may raise the level of social anxiety. In
addition, interpersonal relationships, the parent–child relationship, and social
anxiety all influence Internet addiction, as predicted by the model. Finally, the
more social anxiety and discontent with their peer interactions the participants
experienced, the more addicted they were to the Internet.
Liu, C. Y., & Kuo, F. Y. (2007). A study of Internet addiction through the lens of the
interpersonal theory. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 10(6), 799-804.

Scales for social anxiety

1. Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale

https://physicians.utah.edu/echo/pdfs/liebowitz-social-anxiety-scale.pdf
2.
3. social avoidance and distress scale
4. Fear of Negative Evaluation-Brief Scale
5. Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS-A)
6.