Open AccessDigital failure: An emerging reason of anger expression among adolescents
Author(s) -
Manoj Kumar Sharma,
Shweta Sunil,
Bangalore N. Roopesh,
Preeti Galagali,
Nitin Anand,
Pranjali Chakraborty Thakur,
Priya Singh,
S Ajith,
Keshava D Murthy
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal/industrial psychiatry journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-2795
pISSN - 0972-6748
DOI - 10.4103/ipj.ipj_81_19
Subject(s) - anger , the internet , psychology , addiction , mood , anger management , interpersonal communication , psychological intervention , cognition , clinical psychology , internet privacy , social psychology , psychiatry , computer science , world wide web
Network connectivity can often lead to positive as well as negative mood states among regular Internet users. Recently, studies have mainly focused on the impact of Internet abuse/addiction on the various aspects of the individual, in terms of cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and interpersonal domains. However, one of the issues that is not much reported are the issues about what happens to the children who are not able to access the internet due to connectivity issues. Given this, the current article discusses two cases with negative emotional and behavioral manifestations of increased anger and frustration due to reduced Internet connectivity. This can help draw more research and attention to the need for increased cyber-literacy and incorporation of anger management programs into psychological interventions that address Internet Addiction.