John P Charlton

Biographic Data

ID245125
NAMEJohn P Charlton
GIVEN NAMESJohn P
FAMILY NAMECharlton
SIGNATURECHARLTON J P
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Greater Manchester
ORCID0000-0001-8402-6723
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS5
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2002
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
H-INDEX1

  • The influence of parental and peer attachment on Internet usage motives and addiction

    Open AccessPatrick Chin-Hooi Soh, John P Charlton et al.ARTICLEFirst Monday2014

    The impact of parental and peer attachment on four Internet usage motives and Internet addiction was compared using path modelling of survey data from 1,577 adolescent Malaysian school students. The model accounted for 31 percent of Internet addiction score variance. Lesser parental attachment was associated with greater Internet addiction risk. Psychological escape motives were more strongly related to Internet addiction than other motives, and …

  • Religiosity, adolescent Internet usage motives and addiction

    John P Charlton, Patrick Chin-Hooi Soh et al.ARTICLEInformation Communication & Society2013

    Based on secularization theory, this paper analyzes religiosity's relationship with youths' Internet addiction tendencies via possible mediating Internet usage motivations (erotic, social, communication, entertainment and psychological escape). Using self-report questionnaire scales in a study of 1,596 Malaysian adolescent school students, a negative relationship between religiosity and Internet addiction tendency was found to be replicable for f…

  • Exploring gender differences in Malaysian urban adolescent Internet usage

    Open AccessPatrick Chin-Hooi Soh, Boon Heng Teh et al.ARTICLEFirst Monday2013

    This study explored gender differences in urban adolescent Internet access, usage and motives. Data were collected from 914 urban school students in Malaysia. Factor analysis revealed that eroticism, entertainment, social-interaction, shopping and information/ surveillance are the key drivers for adolescence Internet usage. No differences between boys and girls were detected in Internet accessibility and home computer ownership. Boys and girls di…

  • Validating the distinction between computer addiction and engagement

    John P Charlton, Ian D W DanforthARTICLEBehaviour and Information…2010

    This article considers validatory evidence for the previously made distinction between (pathological) computing-related addictions and (non-pathological) high engagement in computing activities, and an associated distinction between core and peripheral criteria for diagnosing computing-related addictions. Using data provided by 388 players of a massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) via an online questionnaire, psychometric measu…

  • Distinguishing addiction and high engagement in the context of online game playing

    Open AccessJohn P Charlton, Ian D W DanforthARTICLEComputers in Human Behavior2005

  • A factor-analytic investigation of computer 'addiction' and engagement

    Open AccessJohn P CharltonARTICLEBritish Journal of Psychology2002Cited by: 5

    Evidence supporting the application of Brown's (1991, 1993) conception of behavioural addiction to computing behaviour is presented. Questionnaire items tapping Brown's addiction criteria were factor-analysed along with others, including computer apathy-engagement and computer anxiety-comfort items of Charlton and Birkett (1995). Items relating to some of Brown's criteria (tolerance, euphoria, and cognitive salience) were found to be complex, an …