Evaluation of psychometric properties of the internet addiction scale in a sample of Turkish high school students

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 317-320

  Canan, Fatih ^a   Ataoglu, Ahmet ^a   Nichols, Laura A ^b   Yildirim, Tuba ^c   Ozturk, Onder ^d  

^a DUZCE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TURKEY;

EID: 77955640002     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2009.0160     Document Type: Article

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