The relationship between internet dependency with sensation seeking and personality

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue , 2011, Pages 272-277

  Rahmani, Soudeh ^a   Lavasani, Masoud Gholamali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gender; Internet addiction; Internet dependency; Personality; Sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855678859     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.10.054     Document Type: Conference Paper

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