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Survey Finds One in Ten Chinese Netizens Suffer from Internet Addiction
January 20, 2008 at 11:10 AM
Mental Health News
According to the report issued by the China Youth Association for Network Development (CYAND), an Internet-addict is one whose life, career and interpersonal relations are harmed by Internet use.
"Anyone fitting in one of the three criteria we set is considered Internet-addicted: First, a person feels happier or more self-fulfilled online than in real world. Second, he feels upset, depressed, or panicked when being cut off from the Internet for any reason. Third, he lies to the family members about how long he spends online," China Daily quoted the report, as stating.
China had 210 million Internet users at the end of 2007, and as reported by the China Internet Network Information Center (CINIC), the main Internet watchdog, it is slotted to become the world's largest at the beginning of this year.
The ages of Internet users ranged between 18 and 30 and they accounted for 49.9 percent of the total users, the survey said.
Even though the CINIC did not give the figure of those below 18, teenagers and youths obviously took up half of the total number of net users.
A clear gender difference was found among the addicted in the survey. About 13.29 percent of young male netizens are addicted, 7.18 percentage points higher than their female counterparts.
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