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On The Drawing Therapy Application Study In The Art Curriculum Of The Ningbo Migrating Worker's Children School

Posted on:2009-09-23Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:L D ZhengFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360272481765Subject:Development and educational psychology
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Pathological Internet Use is mainly described as a syndrome of intense preoccupation with using the Internet and lack of control Internet use, which eventually causes psychological, social, school, and/or work difficulties in a person's life. Current researchers have reached an agreement on that the impulse behavior is the core characteristic in pathological Internet users of social-affective motives who would rather satisfy their emotional needs immediately than focus on possible long-time negative consequences. Based on the similarities in clinical picture between pathological Internet use behavior and substance dependent disorder, the experiment paradigm aimed at studying substance dependent participants'impulsive decision-making could be used to explore the cognitive impulsivity of pathological Internet users.The present study is composed of two formal experiments. The first one is to inspect the reaction patterns in delayed reinforcement situations in Pathological Internet users, using the delay discounting paradigm basing on behavior economics. The second experiment is designed to see into the decision-making process in risk-decision situations, using Iowa gambling task based on somatic marker hypothesis.The main results are as follows: compared to the normal persons, the impairment of decision making function in pathological Internet users of social-affective motives were manifested in their hyposensitivity to immediate rewards and their insensitivity to delayed value, which led pathological Internet users to preoccupation with virtual social activities on the Interest and ignorance of long-time value in the life. Moreover, pathological Internet users'good performance in the Iowa gambling task suggested their hyposensitivity to potential risk, which indicated they avoided seeking success with potential risk in the real life.
Keywords/Search Tags:Pathological Internet Users, Social-Affective Motives, Decision-Making, Impulsivity
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