Kimberly Young is a world-class psychologist and expert on Internet addiction disorder and online behavior. He founded the Internet Addiction Center in 1995 and is a professor of psychology at the University of Pittsburgh in Bradford with a PhD in Clinical Psychology. Young is currently a professor of management scientist at St. University. Bonaventure. He has published many journal articles and book chapters and served as an expert witness on his pioneering research including testimony to the Online Action Committee on Child Protection Protection. Young is a member of the American Psychological Association, Pennsylvania Psychological Association, and founding member of the International Society of Mental Health Online.
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Pusat Kecanduan Internet
Young's interest in internet addiction started when the internet breed in the 1990s, when a friend's husband spent hundreds of dollars a month so he could participate in AOL's chat room. At that time, many people in the mainstream media began issuing the phrase "online junkies" for those who spend a lot of time on the Internet. Young identifies that the United States lags behind other countries in recognizing the excessive use of the Internet as an addiction and is surprised at how some studies have examined the phenomenon of Internet addiction. Young founded the Internet Addiction Restoration Center in 1995 and has served as director from the beginning. In 1998, Young designed the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) to assess the symptoms of Internet addiction and compulsive behavior in adults. The test can be taken here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/IATrestart
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Guidelines for Avoiding and Overcoming Internet Addiction
Young warnings to strictly measure tech addiction in time, but by how irregular a person's life has become. Young said that digital addiction is similar to drug and alcohol addiction, and recent research shows digital devices can affect the brain in the same way as cocaine and heroin. Young believes that it is important for parents to make household rules about using the internet to help their children avoid Internet addiction, because three-year-olds can become addicted. He recommends the following guidelines:
- Birth - 3 years: Never
- 3 - 6 years: One hour a day/Guided
- 6 - 9 years: Two hours a day
- 9 - 12 years: Two hours a day/some independence on social media
- 12 - 18 years: Self-Reliance/Digital Diet
Education
- Psy.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1994; Emphasis: Behavioral Medicine and Neuropsychology
- M.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1992; Major: Clinical Psychology
- 1988 B.S., Jacobs School of Management, State University of New York in Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y., 1988; Major: Business Administration; Concentration: Financial Information Systems and Management.
Nonfiction Jobs
Young has published over 40 articles on the effects of online abuse, and his work is featured in media such as The New York Times, CBS News, Fox News, and The Times. The most discussed youngsters are probably his 1998 book, Caught on the Internet, where he offers a pragmatic solution to society's problems with what he calls "Internet addiction."
Books and book chapters
- Caught on the Internet: How to Recognize Internet Addiction and Winning Strategies for Recovery . (1998)
- Internet Addiction Evaluation and Treatment (Chapter), in Innovation in Clinical Practice: A Source Book. (1999)
- Hacked on the Web: Understanding Cybersex from Fantasy to Addiction . (2001)
- Internet Addiction: Consequences of new clinical phenomena (Chapter), in Psychology and New Media. (2004)
- Controlling Internet Abuse in the Workplace: Risk Management Framework (Chapter), in Workplace Transformation: Web and Employment in the 21st Century. (2006)
- Free from the Web: Catholic and Internet Addiction . (2007)
- Internet Sex Addiction: Risk Factors, Staging, and Treatment (Chapter), in American Behavioral Scientist - Psychology and New Media. (2008)
- Anonymous Gamers: Understanding and Maintaining Online Game Addiction . (2009)
Fiction Works
In addition to his non-fiction work, Young is the author of The Eighth Wonder, a novel about romance between an ambitious college professor and an older man. He writes the whole story in a few months while recovering from retinal surgery, and considers writing as a therapy for him during his recovery.
References
External links
- [1] University of St. John Bonaventure
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