The association between harmful alcohol use and Internet addiction among college students: Comparison of personality

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 218-224

  Yen, Ju Yu ^a,b,c,d   Ko, Chih Hung ^a,c,d   Yen, Cheng Fang ^a,c,d   Chen, Cheng Sheng ^a,c,d   Chen, Cheng Chung ^a,c,e  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e KAI SUAN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Addiction psychiatry; College students; Harmful alcohol use; Internet addiction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR APPROACH SYSTEM SCALE; BEHAVIOR INHIBITION SYSTEM; CHEN INTERNET ADDICTION SCALE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET ADDICTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNET; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY; STUDENTS; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62949126609     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2009.01943.x     Document Type: Article

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