Does Internet use reflect your personality? Relationship between Eysenck's personality dimensions and Internet use

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 162-167

  Tosun, Leman Pinar ^a   Lajunen, Timo ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Internet; Personality; Psychoticism

Indexed keywords

INTERNET SURVEY; INTERNET USE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTIC; PERSONALITY DIMENSIONS; PSYCHOTICISM; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; TURKISHS; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

INTERNET;

EID: 71649113819     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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