Is "Internet addiction" addressed in the classroom? A survey of psychology textbooks

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 468-474

  Mossbarger, Brad ^a  

^a AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Diagnosis; Impulse control; Internet

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING; TEXTBOOKS;

IMPULSE CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY TEXTBOOKS;

WEB SERVICES;

EID: 38149066053     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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