Television addiction
Television addiction is a proposed
Analysis
The most recent medical review on this model concluded that pathological television watching behavior may constitute a true
drugs or gambling
, which are also forms of compulsive behavior.
Recognition
Television addiction is not a diagnosable condition of
DSM-IV.[4]
Possible behavioral effects
- Sleeping Problems
- Sedentary Lifestyle
- Anti-social Behavior
- Weight Gain
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
See also
- Addiction
- Behavioral modernity
- Evolutionary mismatch
- Social aspects of television
- Television consumption
- Video game addiction
References
- ^ How Viewers Grow Addicted To Television - The New York Times
- ^ Television addiction: Implication for enhancing media literacy for healthy use of technology Manoj Kumar Sharma1, Girish N Rao2, Vivek Benegal3, K Thennarasu4 - Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry
- PMID 25083294.
- ^ McIlwraith, Robert. ""I', addicted to television": the personality, imagination, and TV watching patterns of self-identified TV addicts". www.bnet.com. Retrieved 17 September 2011.