ON ERASMUS+ AS A TOOL TO DETECT AND SOLVE INTERNET ADDICTION

Authors

  • Apostolos Syropoulos Greek Molecular Computing Group, Xanthi, Greece
  • Lilija Dailidaitė Alytaus profesinio rengimo centras, Alytus, Lithuania
  • Esmeralda Cruz Instituto de Almalaguês, Almalaguês, Portugal
  • Corina Ionescu Şcoala Gimnazială Specială nr. 2, Bucureşti, Romania
  • Aylin Kirişçi Sarıkaya Ahmet Cuhadaroğlu Ortaokulu, Kağıthane/İstanbul, Turkey
  • Renate Wachter Bundeshandelsakademie, Laa an der Thaya, Austria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v0i0.920

Abstract

Although Internet Addiction is not listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, it is an increasingly prevalent problem that affects a lot of people, including pupils. Erasmus+ Strategic partnerships, which are co-funded by the Erasmus+ Program of the European Union, allow schools to form partnerships that work on projects that are usually not covered by curricula. A group of six schools formed such a partnership to study the responsible use of the Internet. Quite naturally, one of the goals of the project was to see if pupils are addicted to Internet and if they are to help them with all possible ways. Indeed, we have found that some pupils suffer from Internet addiction and we helped the general population to become less addicted to Internet.

 

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C. Montag and M. Reuter (ed.), Internet Addiction: Neuroscientific Approaches and Therapeutical Interventions, Spinger, 2015.

K.S. Young and C. Nabuco de Abreu (ed.), Internet Addiction: A Handbook and Guide to Evaluation and Treat-ment, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2011.

K.S. Young, The Internet Addiction Test, electronic document available as http://netaddiction.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/IAT-Manual.doc, last accessed 21 July 2017.

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Published

2017-08-11

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Vol 3, No 9 (2017)

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