Internet addiction: Meta-synthesis of qualitative research for the decade 1996-2006

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 3027-3044

  Douglas, Alecia C ^a   Mills, Juline E ^b   Niang, Mamadou ^a   Stepchenkova, Svetlana ^a   Byun, Sookeun ^c   Ruffini, Celestino ^a   Lee, Seul Ki ^a   Loutfi, Jihad ^a   Lee, Jung Kook ^d   Atallah, Mikhail ^a   Blanton, Marina ^e  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

^c Kwangwoon University   (South Korea)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet addiction; Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD); Meta synthesis; Qualitative research design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

INTERNET ADDICTION; INTERNET ADDICTION DISORDER (IAD); META-SYNTHESIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGN;

INTERNET;

EID: 51349121857     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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