Cyberdependencies – pathology, online diagnostics, therapy (harms and benefits)

Dear participants in the survey!

We invite you to participate in a study on the topic: "Cyberdependencies – pathology, diagnostics, therapy." The results will be used both to improve and manage social relationships of people in the modern cyber environment, as well as to support the prevention, diagnosis, and psychotherapy of internet addiction.

Please read the questions and answer according to the provided instructions and possible answer options. Good luck! Prof. S. Jonev

Results are publicly available

1. I easily find and obtain everything I search for on the internet.

2. I easily connect with like-minded individuals on the networks.

3. In the network, I am a different person – much closer to who I want to be in reality.

4. I browse aimlessly on websites – just out of curiosity.

5. In online surfing, I easily and effortlessly find valuable things I didn't need.

6. I excessively stay in the internet space for many hours.

7. I delay ending my stay in the network under the pretext of 'searching for something more.'

8. Immersed in the network, I postpone and fail to fulfill important commitments from my duties.

9. In the network, I feel insecure, anxious, dissatisfied.

10. In social networks, I usually find approval and support from other participants.

11. The networks are fantasy worlds where I experiment with new and different roles for myself.

12. Through the internet, I engage in activities that interest me the most.

13. Internet activities obsess my thoughts, even when I am offline.

14. Internet workaholism accompanies my professional engagement.

15. My daily responsibilities are characterized by disorganization and imbalance.

16. My relatives believe that I spend too much time online.

17. My presence on the networks is anonymous.

18. To try my luck, I visit gambling websites.

19. I visit sexually oriented websites.

20. I identify with websites that organize video games.

21. Through the networks, I am oriented about the world in which I live.

22. I feel free to do whatever I want on the websites.

23. I never get enough of browsing different platforms and always return for more.

24. I satisfy personal needs on the internet that others do not have.

25. Still, I manage to impose restraint on excessive online activities.

26. I prefer online activities to real communication with others.

27. How many Internet programs and/or applications do you use in total? (Please provide an approximate number.)

28. What Internet services do you use? (Please name them, starting with the first one, then others.)

29. How many friends have you registered on the Internet? (Please provide a number.)

30a. For social contacts and social networks, dating sites, chats, forums, etc.

30b. For work and employment.

30c. For various services (health, educational, political, artistic, religious).

30d. For games (online games).

30e. For web surfing (information journey to see where and what is available).

30f. For cybersexual activities (sexual literacy, virtual sex, porn sites).

30g. For financial operations online (internet auctions, online shopping, discounts, cryptocurrencies, gambling).

30h. Other (please specify).

31. How much time do you spend daily on activities in the virtual internet space? (In hours)

32. What place does visiting the Internet networks, programs, applications, platforms, services, and games occupy in your life?

33. What do you do?

34. Place of residence?

35. Education?

36. Gender:

37. Age (in years):