Brief report: Predictors of heavy Internet use and associations with health-promoting and health risk behaviors among Hong Kong university students

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 215-220

  Kim, Jean H ^a   Lau, C H ^a   Cheuk, Ka Kin ^a   Kan, Pauline ^b   Hui, Heidi L C ^b   Griffiths, Sian M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Addiction; Adolescents; China; Diet; Internet; Risk behaviors; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EATING HABIT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGINEERING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPERSOMNIA; INTERNET ADDICTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OBESITY; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP PATTERN; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 75949112269     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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