Internet Addiction Among Cyberkids in China: Risk Factors and Intervention Strategies

Focusing on the two essential factors of the construction of risk, this book presents research revolving around the staging of and the coping with Internet addiction in China. Using ethnographic methods, it investigates the signs and treatment of Internet addiction and discusses the in-patient approaches used to help children overcome the addiction and to reduce the likelihood of relapse following discharge. Examining the individual level and broader social levels of the process as well as the links between the two, the findings provide valuable insights into the prevention and treatment of Internet addiction. To help readers better understand the signs of Internet addiction and preventive measures, the book addresses the following issues:Public concern and media coverage of Internet addiction in contemporary ChinaClinical assessment and risk factors of Internet addiction in adolescentsParent-narrated signs of Internet addiction in Chinese childrenand adolescentsCoping strategies and treatments for Internet addiction

Covers media reporting of Internet addiction in China Offers valuable clinical data on Internet-addicted adolescents in China Provides useful first-hand ethnographic data from Internet-addicted adolescents, parents and health professionals

Autorentext
Dr. Qiaolei Jiang is an associate professor at Tsinghua University. She obtained her B.A. and M.A. from Peking University, and Ph.D. degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She has conducted studies on impacts of new media technologies and social psychology of new media, especially Internet addiction and mobile phone dependency. Qiaolei won the Herbert Schiller Award and the Chinese University of Hong Kong Young Scholars Dissertation Award.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Risk, technology, health and everyday life.- Internet development and Internet addiction in China.- Public concern and media coverage of Internet addiction.- Risk factors and clinical assessment of Internet-addicted adolescents.- Parent-narrated signs and Internet-addicted adolescents' recovery in inpatient treatment.- Discussion and Conclusions.