The characteristics of decision making, potential to take risks, and personality of college students with Internet addiction

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 121-125

  Ko, Chih Hung ^a,b,c   Hsiao, Sigmund ^c   Liu, Gin Chung ^a,c   Yen, Ju Yu ^a,b,c,d   Yang, Ming Jen ^e   Yen, Cheng Fang ^a,c  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e Yuh Ing Junior College of Health Care and Management   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Implicit learning; Internet use; Iowa gambling test; Novelty seeking; Reward dependence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET ADDICTION; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REWARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONTROL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DECISION MAKING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TESTS; RISK-TAKING; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72149105592     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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