The economic burden of adolescent internet addiction: A Korean health cost case study.
While internet saturation is the source of a number of benefits, such as productivity increases and general economic growth, it has given rise to concerns over the emergence of a new clinical disorder: internet addiction. Noting the extent of high internet use amongst adolescents in the Republic of...
| Publicado en: | Social Science Journal Vol. 63; no. 3; pp. 974 - 988 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
May/Jun2026
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