Problematic Internet Usage self-control dilemmas: The opposite effects of commitment and progress framing cues on perceived value of internet, academic and social behaviors.

Results supported the model's predictions for the framing cues and subsequent opposite behaviors for internet and academic activities with moderate and large effects. No support was found for predictions of social activities. Results of the study provide support for the self-regulation model in a clinical domain. Results may inform clinical interventions for PIU, demonstrating how opposite behavior outcomes may be achieved for the same scenarios given different underlying mental frameworks, and indicating how those frameworks may be cued in the first place.