Intensive / Excessive use of Internet and Risks of Internet Addiction Among Specialized Workers - Gender and Online Activities Differences

Abstract

The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between the internet usage, internet usage's purposes, gender and the dimensions of internet addiction. Participants in the study were 100 professionals from Bucharest, Romania (57 male, 43 female, aged 23 - 55 years, M=32, 70, SD=8.28). The data were collected by a questionnaire related to the participants’ gender and internet related variables and by Young's Internet Addiction Test (IAT). The findings provides an empirical foundation for the adults’ counseling practices according to the nowadays people's tendencies to use intensively/excessively some of types of internet activity.