Internet over-users' psychological profiles: A behavior sampling analysis on Internet addiction

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-150

  Whang, Leo Sang Min ^a   Lee, Siujin ^b   Chang, Geunyoung ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Information Security Technology Division   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPULSION; COMPUTER NETWORK; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; INTERNET ADDICTION; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; SAMPLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COMORBIDITY; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; STATISTICS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0038643535     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109493103321640338     Document Type: Article

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