Internet gratifications and internet addiction: On the uses and abuses of new media

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 384-394

  Song, Indeok ^a   Larose, Robert ^a   Eastin, Matthew S ^b   Lin, Carolyn A ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET ADDICTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MOTIVATION; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 4344659859     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2004.7.384     Document Type: Article

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