Internet Use Self-Test ©CMHC, 1997

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Ask yourself the following questions. If you answer "yes" to three or more, you MAY have a problem with internet dependency. If you are unsure, you may want to talk with a friend, family member or counselor. Also, you can check out the literature on the subject by consulting the Internet Dependency Reading List.

Within the past 12 months, have you:

• Used the internet over longer periods of time than you intended?
• Significantly reduced important social, occupational, or recreational activities due to your Internet use?
• Failed to fulfill major responsibilities at work, school or home due to your Internet use? (For example, poor academic or work performance, neglect of household, financial stress.)
• Continued Internet use despite recurrent social problems caused by, or increated by, internet use? (For example, arguments with friends about time, emotional absence from others.)
• Felt a consistent desire to, or made unsuccessful efforts to, cut down or control your use of the Internet?
• Spent a great deal of time accessing the Internet?
• Had recurrent legal problems related to Internet use? (For example, "hacking," illegal use of Internet access, or illegal Internet related materials.)
• Continued use of the Internet despite knowledge of having a psychological or physical problem that is likely to be caused or worsened by Internet use?
• Developed tolerance symptoms related to internet use? (For example, increased Internet use over time to get the same desired or positive feeling, or decrease indesired feeling with the same level of use.)
• Experienced withdrawal symptions in reaction to decreased use of the Internet? These symptoms have either interrupted important areas of life functioning or led to the use of a similar object of technology (like other computer use) to relieve withdrawal symptions.

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