The effect of a family-based intervention model on Internet-addicted Chinese adolescents

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1021-1034

  Zhong, Xin ^a   Zu, Si ^a   Sha, Sha ^a   Tao, Ran ^a   Zhao, Chongsi ^a   Yang, Fengchi ^a   Li, Mei ^b   Sha, Peng ^c  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; China; Family based intervention; Internet addiction

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052733635     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2011.39.8.1021     Document Type: Article

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