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internet use disorder

excessive internet use that causes psychological disorders
Class type of: psychological effects of Internet use Q831735

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
behavioral addiction
Subclass of
psychological effects of Internet use[2]
Different from
video game addiction, gaming disorder[4][5]
Drug or therapy used for treatment
Teen escort company[8]
Handled, mitigated, or managed by
motivational interviewing[10]
Has cause
Internet use[3]
Health specialty
psychiatry, psychology[6][7]
Studied by
behavioral neuroscience[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en compulsive Internet use en internet use disorder en problematic computer use en IAD en PIU en CIU en internet addiction disorder en pathological computer use en internet addiction en problematic Internet use en Internet overuse ar ادمان الانترنت ar استخدام الانترنت المفرط ar فرط استخدام الانترنت ar استخدام الانترنت الزائد ar اضطراب إدمان الإنترنت cs netoholismus cs závislost na internetu cs netolismus cs netománie
🔖 Identifiers · 29
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh97009080
GND ID
7842524-4
OpenAlex ID
C2777812459
BNCF Thesaurus ID
71496
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
15547515n
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
internetsucht
ComputerLanguage.com definition
Internet+addiction
Dewey Decimal Classification
616.85227, 616.8584
Dimitri and Aliki Perrotis Central Library ID
25019
Elhuyar ZTH ID
064314
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Internet-addiction
Experimental Factor Ontology ID
0803368
Show all 29 identifiers +17
Freebase ID
/m/068x_h
GSSO ID
006887
Harper's tag
internet-addiction
J9U entity ID
987007554148605171
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
internet-addiction
MeSH descriptor ID
D000082424
MeSH tree code
F01.145.527.100.120.875.500
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2777812459
NDL Authority ID
01178140
NL CR AUT ID
ph988986
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX551938
Quora topic ID
Internet-Addiction
SVKKL authority ID
0398889-netolismus
ScienceDirect topic ID
medicine-and-dentistry/internet-addiction, neuroscience/internet-addiction, nursing-and-health-professions/internet-addiction, pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/internet-addiction, psychology/internet-addiction
TUBITAK Sosyal Bilimler Ansiklopedisi ID
internet_bagimliligi
YSO ID
25639
Yale LUX ID
concept/996b6008-b235-46c6-9982-b7e67cfc32bc

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🔗 Connections
Subtypes 3
nomophobia, problematic social media use, Internet sex addiction
Different from 2
video game addiction, gaming disorder
Health specialty 2
psychology, psychiatry
← Different from 2
video game addiction, gaming disorder
Handled, mitigated, or managed by 1
motivational interviewing
Instance of 1
behavioral addiction
Studied by 1
behavioral neuroscience
Subclass of 1
psychological effects of Internet use
← Main subject 1
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Summary

internet use disorder is a behavioral addiction[1].

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psychiatry psychology

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bibliothèque nationale de France ID → 15547515n
    Harper's tag → internet-addiction
    "Created claim: Harper's tag: internet-addiction, Matched to internet addiction (#289936630) in H…"
  2. 9w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID → XX551938
    Experimental Factor Ontology ID → 0803368
    "Created claim: National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX551938"
  3. 16w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Drug or therapy used for treatment → Teen escort company
    "Changed claim: Drug or therapy used for treatment: Teen escort company, разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect Special Training School → Teen escort company (…"
  4. 21w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Drug or therapy used for treatment → Teen escort company
    "Changed claim: Drug or therapy used for treatment: Special Training School, fix redirect Internet addiction camp → Special Training School (details)"
  5. 21w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0398889-netolismus
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0398889-netolismus, batch #259599"
  6. 26w ago · Arlo Barnes · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by → behavioral neuroscience
    Handled, mitigated, or managed by → motivational interviewing
    Instance of → behavioral addiction
    Different from → video game addiction, gaming disorder
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Drug or therapy used for treatment: Internet addiction camp"
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