Daily and compulsive internet use and well-being in adolescence: A diathesis-stress model based on big five personality traits

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 765-776

  Van Der Aa, Niels ^a   Overbeek, Geertjan ^b   Engels, Rutger C M E ^b   Scholte, Ron H J ^b   Meerkerk, Gert Jan ^c   Van Den Eijnden, Regina J J M ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Addiction Research Institute Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Internet use; Personality; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPULSION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LONELINESS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LONELINESS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349264868     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-008-9298-3     Document Type: Article

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