Young Internet Addiction and CBT

• Aim

  to test if CBT can treat internet addiction.
• Procedure

  114 participants received CBT & were tracked over 12 weeks.
• Findings

  CBT was effective, especially for mood & social issues.
• Strengths

  • Real-life application – Helps therapy development.
  • Quantitative data – Reliable results.
• Weaknesses

  • Self-reports – Could be biased.
  • Short-term study – Long-term effects unknown.