Development and psychometric properties of the problematic Internet use questionnaire

South African Journal of Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 793-809

  Thatcher, Andrew ^a   Goolam, Shamira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Concurrent validity; Factor validity; Internal reliability; Internet Addiction Disorder; Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire; Psychometric properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747051531     PISSN: 00812463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/008124630503500410     Document Type: Article

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