Authors: Hilarie Casha, Cosette D. Raea, Ann H. Steela and Alexander Winklerb
What the Paper Says: A Theoretical Critical Review
Summary
The paper describes the findings of various researchers regarding Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD). The authors discuss the classification, diagnostic criteria, prevalence, treatment options, etc., for IAD.
Quality of the Research
The paper (Cash, et al., 2012) is based on the various aspects of IAD, and the authors follow through the topic throughout the article.
The topic is interesting because IAD is a significant issue in today’s society and it's the main topic for many hypothesis and theory articles recently (Kuss and Lopez-Fernandez, 2016; Musetti, et al., 2016).
The rampant use of the internet interferes with other aspects of life.
The paper has not been plagiarized from other sources. However, the authors primarily rely on the evidence presented by other researchers.
The background is satisfactory as the authors talk about the fact that IAD meets the criteria for addiction, as well as governmental responses regarding the growing problem (Shek, Yu and Sun, 2016).
Research Methodology
The paper does not have a clear research method as the authors do not mention the scope of their research, the time frame, and the sources of the referenced articles.
The lack of a distinct research method means that the research methods are not comprehensively described.
There is limited data analysis because the authors mostly paraphrase the findings of other researchers.
The conclusions made are supported by the findings.
Findings and Discussion
The authors logically present the paper starting with an abstract followed by the introduction, the body, and then the conclusion.
The data presented adequately support the research question.
The paper does not have a defined discussion section to link to the research question, and the literature review since the authors provide a combination of reviews from other authors in all sections of the paper except the introduction and conclusion.
Additional Notes
The research question is very interesting, and the authors have conducted extensive research about other scholar’s take on the issue. However, the authors should include more of their original ideas in the paper.
Tedx: What you need to know about internet addiction by Dr. Kimberly Young
References:
Cash, H. et al., 2012. Internet Addiction: A Brief Summary of Research and Practice. Current Psychiatry Reviews, 8(4), pp.292–298.
Kuss, D.J. & Lopez-Fernandez, O., 2016. Internet addiction and problematic Internet use: A systematic review of clinical research. World journal of psychiatry, 6(1), pp.143–76.
Musetti, A. et al., 2016. Challenges in Internet Addiction Disorder: Is a Diagnosis Feasible or Not? Frontiers in Psychology, 7, p.842.
Shek, D.T.L., Yu, L. and Sun, R.C.F., 2016. Internet addiction. In Pfaff, D., Volkow, N. (Eds.) Neuroscience in the 21st Century. Vol.5(2), pp. 3707–50.
Young , K., What you need to know about internet addiction | Dr. Kimberly Young. Tedx. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOSYmLER664 [Accessed October 7, 2019].
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