Internet addiction: Prevalence, discriminant validity and correlates among adolescents in Hong Kong

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 196, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 486-492

  Fu, King Wa ^a   Chan, Wincy S C ^a   Wong, Paul W C ^a   Yip, Paul S F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIATION; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOPELESSNESS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERNET ADDICTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SELF REPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PREVALENCE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953001450     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.075002     Document Type: Article

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