Determinants of internet addiction among adolescents: A case-control study

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Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages 866-874

  Tsitsika, Artemis ^a   Critselis, Elena ^a   Louizou, Amalia ^a   Janikian, Mari ^a   Freskou, Aliki ^a   Marangou, Evgenia ^a   Kormas, Georgios ^a   Kafetzis, Dimitrios A ^a  

^a P AND A KYRIAKOU CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Addictive behavior; Adolescent; Adolescent behavior; Internet; Mental disorders

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; FEMALE; GENDER; GREECE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET ADDICTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIVORCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79955639559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2011.85     Document Type: Article

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