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Spending increasing amounts
of online time focused on sexual or romantic intrigue or involvement.
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Involvement in multiple
romantic or sexual affairs in chat rooms, Internet or BBS.
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Not considering online
sexual or romantic "affairs" to be a possible violation
of spousal/partnership commitments.
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Failed attempts to cut
back on frequency of online or Internet sexual and romantic
involvement or interaction.
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Online use interferes
with work (tired or late due to previous night's use, online
while at work, etc.).
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Online use interferes
with primary relationships (e.g., minimizing or lying to partners
about online activities, spending less time with family or
partners).
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Intense engagement in
collecting Internet pornography.
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Engaging in fantasy online
acts or experiences which would be illegal if carried out
(e.g., rape, child molestation).
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Decreased social or
family interactive time due to online
fantasy involvements.
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Being secretive
or lying about amount of time spent online or type
of sexual/romantic fantasy activities carried out
online.
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Engaging with
sexual or romantic partners met online, while also
involved in marital or other primary relationship.
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Increasing complaints
and concern from family or friends about the amount
of time spent online.
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Frequently becoming
angry or extremely irritable when asked to give
up online involvement to engage with partners, family
or friends.
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Primary focus
of sexual or romantic life becomes increasingly
related to computer activity (including pornographic
CD-ROM use).
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