The internet and children: Advantages and disadvantages

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 405-428

  Bremer, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; E-MAIL; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL HEALTH; ONLINE SYSTEM; PERSONALITY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; TELEVISION;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ASIA; ATTITUDE; CHILD; COGNITION; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; EUROPE; HUMANS; INTERNET; SCHOOLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20344388564     PISSN: 10564993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2005.02.003     Document Type: Review

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