Internet addiction starts at home

GUANGZHOU: About half of the young people who become addicted to surfing the Internet suffered some sort of major psychological setback in their childhoods, the results of a survey have shown.

The results of a survey of 641 young Internet addicts were released in Wuhan at the recently concluded annual conference on subject that was hosted by the China Association for Science and Technology.

The conference's goal is to formulate strategies to prevent addiction to Internet games among young people.