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Despite the negative role of IT in digital addiction development, IT may have a positive role in dealing with digital addiction. The present study undertakes a systematic literature review to explore the state of play and the trend regarding the use of IT in digital addiction research. Using predefined keywords, the Scopus database was searched for relevant literature published from 2017 to 2020. The initial search found 1655 papers. Six stages of study selection were completed using a set of inclusion and exclusion criteria. The study selection and quality assessment process were applied, then 15 papers were selected for further review. The results show that addiction detection using IT is the most researched topic in digital addiction research. The most commonly used IT in the selected studies are AI methods and biosignal recording systems. Various approaches in detection, prevention, and intervention are suggested in the selected studies. The advantages and limitations of each approach are discussed. Based on these results, some future research directions are suggested. information technology; digital addiction; internet addiction; detection; prevention; intervention +
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both terms are used interchangeably to describe the same phenomenon. The definition of internet addiction is still being debated by many researchers [4]. Therefore, various other terms have been proposed by different researchers to replace \"internet addiction\", including \"problematic internet use\", \"pathological internet use\", and \"compulsive internet use\". For consistency, in this paper, we use the term \"digital addiction\" to represent the same phenomenon. Digital addiction has several forms, including (1) cyber sexual addiction (compulsive access to sex and porn websites), (2) cyber-relationship addiction (overinvolvement in online relationships), (3) net-compulsions (online gambling, online gaming, obsessive shopping, or day trading), (4) information overload (excessive web surfing or database searching), and (5) computer addiction (obsessive non-online computer gaming) [5]. With the increase in the use of new digital technologies, such as smartphones and social media, new types of addiction have emerged [6; 7]. One form of digital addiction that has been mentioned formally in section III of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) as a condition that must be studied further is \"internet gaming disorder\". Meanwhile, the other forms of digital addiction are not yet considered as formal mental disorders. Although digital addiction has not been recognized as a formal mental disorder as yet, previous research shows that digital addiction shares similar symptoms to those seen in substance addiction [8; 9]. Like any other substance addiction, digital addiction can have negative impacts on a person's life. Some negative life experiences linked with digital addiction include familial disruption, work performance problems, invasion of the privacy of others, dietary-related problems, harm (self-harm, harm to others, and harm from others), emotional problems, personal problems, and social problems [10]. Infidelity in a relationship, which sometimes ends in divorce, has been identified as One of the negative impacts that digital addiction has on family relationships [11; 12]. Digital addiction has also been proven to decrease a person's performance at work [13]. Previous studies show that students with digital addiction have lower levels of academic performance [14; 15]. The excessive use of digital technology such as the internet can also have a variety of impacts on a person's physical health. These impacts include fatigue and lack of sleep [16].