Psychology and the Internet : intrapersonal, interpersonal, and transpersonal implications /

Psychology and the Internet : intrapersonal, interpersonal, and transpersonal implications / edited by Jayne Gackenbach. - San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press, c1998. - xix, 369 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction to psychological aspects of Internet use / Jayne Gackenbach and Evelyn Ellerman -- The intrapersonal : statistically "normal" and "deviant" aspects of the self -- The self and the Internet : variations on the illusion of one self / Elizabeth Reid -- Causes and implications of disinhibited behavior on the Internet / Adam Joinson -- Internet addiction : does it really exist? / Mark Griffiths -- Internet therapy and self-help groups : the pros and cons / Storm A. King and Danielle Moreggi -- Future clinical directions : professional development, pathology, and psychotherapy on-line / John M. Grohol -- The interpersonal : from close to distant relationships -- The psychology of sex : a mirror from the Internet / Raymond J. Noonan -- Males, females, and the Internet / Janet Morahan-Martin -- Work and community via computer-mediated communication / Caroline Haythornthwaite, Barry Wellman, and Laura Garton -- Virtual societies : their prospects and dilemmas / Magid Igbaria, Conrad Shayo, and Lorne Olfman -- The transpersonal : on the net and the net itself -- From mediated environments to the development of consciousness / Joan M. Preston -- World wide brain : self-organizing Internet intelligence as the actualization of the collective unconscious / Ben Goertzel -- The coevolution of technology and consciousness / Jayne Gackenbach, Greg Guthrie, and Jim Karpen.



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Communication--Psychological aspects.
Internet--Psychological aspects.
Computer networks--Psychological aspects.
Internet.
Psychology.
Internet--Social aspects.
Internet.
Gebruik.
Verslaving.
Communicatie.
Psychologische aspecten.
Internet--Aspectos psicoloógicos.
Redes de computadores--Aspectos psicoloógico.
Internet--Aspectos sociales.

BF 637 / P974 1998

004.67019