Motives of adolescents to use the internet as a function of personality traits, personal and social factors

Journal of Educational Computing Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-27

  Wolfradt, Uwe ^a   Doll, Jörg ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035532846     PISSN: 07356331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/ANPM-LN97-AUT2-D2EJ     Document Type: Article

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