Internet use among Turkish adolescents

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 537-543

  Tahiroglu, Aysegul Yolga ^a   Celik, Gonca G ^a   Uzel, Mehtap ^a   Ozcan, Neslihan ^b   Avci, Ayse ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 52749091843     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2007.0165     Document Type: Article

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