Online Addiction as an Attempt to Compensate Traumatic ExperiencesBackground: Pathological internet use (PIU) is a behavioral addiction (Grüsser, Poppelreuter, Heinz, Albrecht & Sass, 2007) whose prevalence seems to increase. Several authors have ...
Attachment styles among study participants with pathological Internet useAbstract.Aim: It is assumed that pathological Internet use (PIU) is a result of insecure attachment styles and unmet attachment needs. The ...