Gender differences in relationships of actual and virtual social support to internet addiction mediated through depressive symptoms among college students in Taiwan

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 485-487

  Yeh, Yu Chun ^a   Ko, Huei Chen ^a   Wu, Jo Yung Wei ^a   Cheng, Chung Ping ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET ADDICTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP; TAIWAN; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 50149122271     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2007.0134     Document Type: Article

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