Turkish adaptation study of internet addiction scale

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-189

  Kesici, Sahin ^a   Sahin, Ismail ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VALIDATION STUDY;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COMMUNICATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TURKEY;

EID: 77951140184     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2009.0067     Document Type: Article

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