Validation of a new scale for measuring problematic internet use: Implications for pre-employment screening

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 331-345

  Davis, Richard A ^a   Flett, Gordon L ^a   Besser, Avi ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; INTERNET; JOB FINDING; MEASUREMENT; ONLINE SYSTEM; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCREENING; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADDICTION; ADULT; COGNITION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMPLOYMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MALE; PERSONNEL SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; HUMANS;

EID: 0036667997     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109493102760275581     Document Type: Article

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