Internet use and its relation with the psychosocial situation for a sample of university students

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 767-772

  Özcan, Neslihan Keser ^a   Buzlu, Sevim ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; LONELINESS; MALE; ONLINE COGNITION SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOLOGY; TURKEY (BIRD); UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37249058499     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2007.9953     Document Type: Article

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