Excessive internet usage or 'internet addiction'? The implications of diagnostic categories for student users

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 235-236

  Hansen, Susan ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 23044534813     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2729.2002.t01-2-00230.x     Document Type: Article

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