The internet is the place where people around the world share information. Addiction is the continued repetition of behavior despite adverse consequences leading to such behaviors.

1. INTERNET ADDICTI
BY Haider Ali
Malik

2. • Introduction
• Causes
• Effects
• Treatment
Contents

3. What is Internet?
• The internet is the place where
people around the world share
information.

4. What Is Addiction?
• Addiction is the continued
repetition of behavior despite
adverse consequences leading to
such behaviors.

5. Internet
Addiction:
Internet addiction more commonly called
called problematic internet use (PIU), refers
(PIU), refers to excessive internet use that
use that interfere with daily life.

6. Causes of
Internet
Addiction:
• There are some known causes of internet
internet addiction that vary by age,
age, gender, and off course, personality.
personality.
These includes:
1. Social causes
2. Personality traits
3. Environmental factors

7. Social Causes:
• Some people become addicted to
the internet because of the social
connections they make online.
• Some online relationship activity
can be useful and healthy, and
many people utilize forums for
advice or chats for relaxation.
• When a person has many close
online friends and no one to
count home in the real world,
problems can develop.

8. Personality Traits:
• Individuals, who tend to keep to
themselves and shy away from
social contact with others, tend
to find the online and
technological environment more
effective.
• These individuals are more
attracted to technology addiction
because they tend to use
technology on an ongoing basis
to fulfill their social needs.

9. Environmental Factors:
• People, who experience high
level of stress in their daily
environments, at work or school,
are more attracted to
technological devices.
• They utilize technological devices
to relieve stress and distract
them from their current
situation.

10. Effects:
• Physical and mental health
outcomes.
• Psychosocial functioning.
• Work productivity.

11. Physical health
outcomes:
• Sleep deprivation.
• Lack of exercise.
• Obesity.
• Poor posture.

12. Mental health
outcomes:
• Stress.
• Anger.
• Frustration.
• Sadness.

13. Psychosocial
Functioning:
• Avoid talking face to face.
• Social isolation.

14. Work
productivity:
Difficult
to
concentr
ate.
Procra
stinati
on
Low
grades
Failing
out of
school
Difficulty
holding
jobs

15. How To Cure
Internet
Addiction:
• Get a hobby or an interest that
does not involve the internet.

16. Treatment
• Limit your computer time.
• Don’t eat meals in front of your
computer.

17. Treatment
• Delete accounts that you really
don’t need anymore.
• Catch up your friends and take a
walk.

18. Treatment
• Limit social media use.
• Create projects for yourself.