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Connecting the dots: Are you always highly stressed, in a bad mood, and find you don't spend as much time on enjoyable activities as you used to? Most people would probably say that's just the world we live in, but a new study links many of these problems to excessive time spent online.
Researchers led by the University of Duisburg-Essen studied 900 German adults, with data collected between October 2021 and August 2024. All had engaged in gaming, pornography use, social networking, or online shopping at least occasionally during the previous year.
The participants' internet use was labelled pathological, risky, or non-problematic following a diagnostic interview. If excessive use of online applications reached the point of causing significant distress or disrupting daily life, it was classified as problematic, covering the risky and pathological groups.
