| Core criterion:
CRAVING |
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| topics |
(1) Urge to be online
(2) Re-occurring thoughts about online activities |
| Exemplary question (1) |
How often do you experience an irresistible desire to be online? |
| Exemplary question (2) |
How often is your mind captured by online activities? |
| Core criterion:
TOLERANCE |
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| topics |
(1) Increasing time spent online
(2) Increasing frequency of being online (e.g. updating one’s profile) |
| Exemplary question (1) |
Has your online consumption increased? |
| Exemplary question (2) |
Did you recognize being online more and more often? |
| Core criterion:
WITHDRAWAL |
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| topics |
(1) psycho-vegetative symptoms
(2) externalizing symptoms |
| Exemplary question (1) |
Do you feel bad when not being able to be online? |
| Exemplary question (2) |
Do you get angry or aggressive when your internet connection is slowed down or impaired? |
| Exemplary question (3) |
Did you catch yourself yelling at someone who told you that you ware online too often or too long? |
| Core criterion: LOSS OF CONTROL |
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| topics |
(1) unsuccessful attempts to stay offline
(2) longer time online than planned |
| Exemplary question (1) |
Did you try to stay offline but was not able to |
| Exemplary question (2) |
Do you recognize feeling detached from time when being online |
| Core criterion:
PREOCCUPATION |
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| topics |
(1) prioritizing online-activities
(2) cutting down alternative activities / interests |
| Exemplary question (1) |
Did you recognize offline activities not being that pleasurable anymore? |
| Exemplary question (2) |
Do you favour online communication over real-world communication since you have discovered the internet? |
| Core criterion:
NEGATIVE ONSEQUENCES |
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| topics |
(1) psychosocial conflicts
(2) deteriorating achievements |
| Exemplary question (1) |
Did you start to retract from important social contacts or family members since you started to be online? |
| Exemplary question (2) |
Did your engagement in school / job lost in quality or productivity? |
