Adolescent internet usage in Taiwan: Exploring gender differences

Adolescence

Volumn 43, Issue 170, 2008, Pages 317-331

  Lin, Chien Huang ^a   Yu, Shu Fen ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MOTIVATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOFTWARE; TAIWAN; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 48249142907     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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