Computer Addiction

COMPUTER aDDICTION

What is Computer Addiction?

Computer Addiction is a form of behavioral addiction that can be described as the excessive or compulsive use of the computer, which persists despite serious negative consequences for personal, social, or occupational function.

Symptoms

Replacing old hobbies with excessive use of the computer and using the computer as one's primary source of entertainment and procrastination

Being drawn by the computer as soon as one wakes up and before one goes to bed

Computer vision syndrome

Causes

Types

Previous research links internet/computer addiction with existing mental health issues, most notably depression. It states that computer addiction has significant effects socially, such as low self-esteem, psychologically and occupationally, which led many subjects to academic failure.

• Gaming Addiction

• Social Media Addiction

Origin of Computer Addiction

British e-learning academic Nicholas Rushby suggested in his 1979 book, An Introduction to Educational Computing, that people can be addicted to computers and suffer withdrawal symptoms. The term was also used by M. Shotton in 1989 in her book Computer Addiction.