Internet addiction among greek adolescent students

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 653-657

  Siomos, Konstantinos E ^a   Dafouli, Evaggelia D ^a   Braimiotis, Dimitrios A ^a   Mouzas, Odysseas D ^a   Angelopoulos, Nikiforos V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET ADDICTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL LIFE; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; INTERNET; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS;

EID: 57649138629     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2008.0088     Document Type: Article

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