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compensatory internet use: a standalone construct

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Media psychology

the view that heavy internet use often reflects an attempt to cope with real-life problems or unmet needs rather than an addiction in itself.

In media psychology, compensatory internet use refers to the view that heavy internet use often reflects an attempt to cope with real-life problems or unmet needs rather than an addiction in itself. This meaning comes from Kardefelt-Winther (2014) in Computers in Human Behavior.[1]

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Kardefelt-Winther, D. (2014). A conceptual and methodological critique of internet addiction research: Towards a model of compensatory internet use. Computers in Human Behavior, 31, 351-354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2013.10.059

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