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Internet is not the answer: social anxiety, self-compassion, and experiential avoidance in internet dependency symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic

Published Online: 2026-01-10

Published Print: 2026-01

Authors

Duarte, Jéssica https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7967-5673
Salvador, Maria do Céu

Matos, Ana Paula
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (2020.10145.BD)
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Article History

Received: 11 October 2024

Accepted: 29 November 2025

First Online: 10 January 2026

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: Informed consent was obtained from all participantions for being included in the study.

: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki of 1975 and approved by the Ethics and Deontology Committee of the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Coimbra (CEDI/FPCE: 38/4; 22 April 2020).

: The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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