Predicting compulsive internet use: It's all about sex!

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 95-103

  Meerkerk, Gert Jan ^a   Van Den Eijnden, Regina J J M ^a   Garretsen, Henk F L ^a  

^a Addiction Research Institute Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; COMPULSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET ADDICTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EROTICA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX; STATISTICS; TIME FACTORS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 33644950518     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2006.9.95     Document Type: Article

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