Internet and Mobile Phone Addiction

The Internet is a largely social, interactive and information-driven medium that makes it easy for us to engage in social and academic activities, including business and entertainment. Over the last decade, mobile phones have actually turned into so-called “smartphones,” and they now support a wide variety of services related to the Internet, multimedia, business, gaming, photography, etc. These networks have had a great impact on young people. On the one hand, the Internet has provided many benefits to users (Echeburúa & de Corral, 2010). On the other, some people have become obsessed with it and are unable to control their use. In some cases, people have lost control of their Internet and Mobile Phone usage to the degree that their behavior has jeopardized their jobs and relationships. This problematic Internet and Mobile Phone use (PIU) can affect users’ physical, mental and psychological health (Bener & Bhugra, 2013). Some researchers have confirmed that excessive Internet use, which is considered a behavioral addiction, can generate symptoms associated with dependence in a similar way as substance abuse. According to Beranuy, Carbonell, and Griffiths (2013), problematic Internet and Mobile phone users can suffer mood modification, loss of control, relapse, craving, tolerance, withdrawal, conflict, among others (Kuss, Griffiths, & Binder, 2013). As a consequence, particular kinds of behavior may arise in relation with overuse (Puerta-Cortés, Carbonell, & Chamarro, 2014). In general the problematic use of the Internet and mobile phones can be defined as an inability to regulate one’s use which eventually involves negative consequences in daily life (Billieux, 2012) including on health and on social and financial aspects of life.

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