Preferred computer activities during school age: Indicators of internet addiction

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages 1085-1089

  Sipal, R Firat ^a   Bayhan, Pinar ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Addiction; Computers; Internet; Internet abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951935569     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.12.290     Document Type: Conference Paper

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