Features and predictors of problematic internet use in Chinese college students

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 485-490

  Huang, R L ^a   Lu, Z ^a   Liu, J J ^a   You, Y M ^a   Pan, Z Q ^a   Wei, Z ^a   He, Q ^b   Wang, Z Z ^b  

^a Union Hospital   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

College students; Depression; Problematic internet use; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS; CHI-SQUARED TESTING; COLLEGE STUDENTS; DEPRESSION; INTERNET ADDICTION; INTERNET USE; INTERNET USERS; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; PROBLEMATIC INTERNET USE; RISK FACTOR; WUHAN , CHINA;

INTERNET; WORLD WIDE WEB;

STUDENTS;

EID: 70449579136     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290701485801     Document Type: Article

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