Incidence and correlates of pathological internet use among college students

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-29

  Morahan Martin, J ^a   Schumacher, P ^a  

^a BRYANT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; SURVEYS;

INTERNET ABUSE; INTERNET ADDICTION; ONLINE GAME; PATHOLOGICAL INTERNET USE;

INTERNET;

EID: 0033896875     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0747-5632(99)00049-7     Document Type: Article

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