Net-generation attributes and seductive properties of the internet as predictors of online activities and internet addiction

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 333-348

  Leung, Louis ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; INTERNET ADDICTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MICROCOMPUTER; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PROBABILITY; RECREATION; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEVISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERNET; MALE; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 3042730800     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/1094931041291303     Document Type: Review

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