Abstract
Despite the negative role of IT in digital addiction development, IT may have a positive role in dealing with digital addiction. The present study undertakes a systematic literature review to explore the state of play and the trend regarding the use of IT in digital addiction research. Using predefined keywords, the Scopus database was searched for relevant literature published from 2017 to 2020. The initial search found 1655 papers. Six stages of study selection were completed using a set of inclusion and exclusion criteria. The study selection and quality assessment process were applied, then 15 papers were selected for further review. The results show that addiction detection using IT is the most researched topic in digital addiction research. The most commonly used IT in the selected studies are AI methods and biosignal recording systems. Various approaches in detection, prevention, and intervention are suggested in the selected studies. The advantages and limitations of each approach are discussed. Based on these results, some future research directions are suggested.
Highlights
Digital addiction is a new phenomenon that has arisen as a consequence of digital technology advancement
Digital addiction shares some features with other behavioral addictions, namely, (1) salience, (2) mood modification, (3) tolerance, (4) withdrawal symptoms, (5) conflict, and (6) relapse [2]
By following a systematic literature review methodology, we found 15 studies that met a predefined set of inclusion criteria
Summary
Digital addiction is a new phenomenon that has arisen as a consequence of digital technology advancement. Digital addiction is considered to be a type of technological addiction. Digital addiction is defined as the problematic use of digital devices where a person develops characteristics such as being impulsive, compulsive, excessive, and hasty [3]. Various other terms have been proposed by different researchers to replace “internet addiction”, including “problematic internet use”, “pathological internet use”, and “compulsive internet use”. In this paper, we use the term “digital addiction” to represent the same phenomenon
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