... 38.5 hours per week online, and nondependent users spent less than 5 hours a week online. Similar results were found in another 1997 study with students at the University of Texas at Austin conducted by psychologist Kathy Scherer. Out of 531 students, 98% of dependent users found themselves staying online longer than they wanted. Over a third of these students had problems in academic ... ...

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