Internet addiction in the island of Hippocrates: The associations between internet abuse and adolescent off-line behaviours

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-44

  Fisoun, Virginia ^a   Floros, Georgios ^b   Geroukalis, Dimitrios ^c   Ioannidi, Nikoleta ^d   Farkonas, Nikiforos ^c   Sergentani, Elena ^c   Angelopoulos, Nikiforos ^e   Siomos, Konstantinos ^f  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c 'Hippocrates' Center for Drug abuse prevention   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e University of Larissa   (Greece)

^f Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Antisocial behaviour; Internet addictive behaviours

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERNET ADDICTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84155181157     PISSN: 1475357X     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2011.00605.x     Document Type: Article

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