Seeking safety on the internet: Relationship between social anxiety and problematic internet use

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 197-205

  Lee, Bianca W ^a   Stapinski, Lexine A ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Addiction; Internet; Social anxiety; Social avoidance; Social phobia; Threat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; INTERNET ADDICTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PROBLEMATIC INTERNET USE; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ANXIETY; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COMMUNICATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 84855479577     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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