The impact of computer use on children's and adolescents' development

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 7-30

  Subrahmanyam, Kaveri ^a   Greenfield, Patricia ^b   Kraut, Robert ^c   Gross, Elisheva ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Computers; Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035217342     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0193-3973(00)00063-0     Document Type: Article

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