The role of metacognitions in problematic Internet use

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2325-2335

  Spada, Marcantonio M ^a   Langston, Benjamin ^a   Nikčević, Ana V ^b   Moneta, Giovanni B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Boredom; Depression; Metacognitions; Negative emotions; problematic Internet use

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; FORECASTING; INTERNET; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TESTING;

(2+1) DIMENSIONS; (E ,2E) THEORY; ELSEVIER (CO); INTERNET ADDICTION; INTERNET USE; META COGNITIVE; METACOGNITION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING (SEM); UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 45649083091     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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