Problematic Internet use, loneliness and dating anxiety among young adult university students

Computers and Education

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1091-1097

  Odac, Hatice ^a   Kalkan, Melek ^b  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Gender studies; Media in education

Indexed keywords

CHI-SQUARE TESTS; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; DATA ANALYSIS; ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS; GENDER STUDIES; HUMAN LIVES; INTERNET ADDICTION; INTERNET USE; MEDIA IN EDUCATION; NON-FUNCTIONAL; PEARSON CORRELATION; PERSONAL INFORMATION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PROBLEMATIC INTERNET USE; TECHNICAL UNIVERSITIES; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

COMMUNICATION; DATA REDUCTION; INTERNET; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 77955555130     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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