Table of Contents

Foreword vii Acknowledgments ix About the Editors xi List of Contributors xiii Introduction xv PART I UNDERSTANDING INTERNET BEHAVIOR AND ADDICTION Chapter 1 Prevalence Estimates and Etiologic Models of Internet Addiction 3 Kimberly S. Young, Xiao Dong Yue, and Li Ying Chapter 2 Clinical Assessment of Internet-Addicted Clients 19 Kimberly S. Young Chapter 3 Online Social Interaction, PsychosocialWell-Being, and Problematic Internet Use 35 Scott E. Caplan and Andrew C. High Chapter 4 Uses and Gratifications of Internet Addiction 55 Robert LaRose Chapter 5 Addiction to Online Role-Playing Games 73 Lukas Blinka and David Smahel Chapter 6 Gambling Addiction on the Internet 91 Mark Griffiths Chapter 7 Cybersex Addiction and Compulsivity 113 David L. Delmonico and Elizabeth J. Griffin PART II PSYCHOTHERAPY, TREATMENT, AND PREVENTION Chapter 8 The Addictive Properties of Internet Usage 135 David Greenfield Chapter 9 Psychotherapy for Internet Addiction 155 Cristiano Nabuco de Abreu and Dora Sampaio Goes Chapter 10 Working with Adolescents Addicted to the Internet 173 Keith W. Beard Chapter 11 Internet Infidelity: A Real Problem 191 Monica T. Whitty Chapter 12 Twelve-Step Recovery in Inpatient Treatment for Internet Addiction 205 Shannon Chrismore, Ed Betzelberger, Libby Bier, and Tonya Camacho Chapter 13 Toward the Prevention of Adolescent Internet Addiction 223 Jung-Hye Kwon Chapter 14 Systemic Dynamics with Adolescents Addicted to the Internet 245 Franz Eidenbenz Chapter 15 Closing Thoughts and Future Implications 267 Kimberly S. Young and Cristiano Nabuco de Abreu Author Index 275 Subject Index 281

About the Author

Dr. Kimberly S. Young , PsyD, is the primary researcher to have brought clinical attention to the issue of problematic Internet use in 1996. She is also the author of Caught in the Net , the first book to address Internet addiction. Dr. Cristiano Nabuco de Abreu is the director of the Ambulatorio Integrado dos Transtornos do Impulso (Integrated Impulse Disorders Outpatient Unit) at the University of San Paulo.

Reviews

"...there is much to commend in this book because it presents an impressive range of current views of problematic Internet use and, in doing so, provides fascinating insight into human beings who, again and again, have been seduced by the siren call of new technologies that allow us to experience aspects of life in ways previously." ( PsycCRITIQUES , May 2012)