SCL-90-R and 16PF profiles of senior high school students with excessive internet use

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 407-414

  Yang, Chang Kook ^a   Choe, Byeong Moo ^a   Baity, Matthew ^b   Lee, Jeong Hyeong ^a   Cho, Jin Seok ^c  

^a Dong A University   (South Korea)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Yangsan Neuropsychiatric Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Excessive Internet use; High school students; Personality traits; Psychiatric symptomatology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INTERNET ADDICTION; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 31544436600     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370505000704     Document Type: Article

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