The Mediator Roles of Life Satisfaction and Self-Esteem between the Affective Components of Psychological Well-Being and the Cognitive Symptoms of Problematic Internet Use

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-32

  Senol Durak, Emre ^a   Durak, Mithat ^a  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cognitions; Life satisfaction; Negative affect; Positive affect; Problematic Internet use; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; INTERNET; LIVING STANDARD; MODEL TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 79958822270     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-010-9694-4     Document Type: Article

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