Concurrent and predictive relationships between compulsive internet use and substance use: Findings from vocational high school students in China and the USA

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 660-673

  Sun, Ping ^a   Johnson, Carl Anderson ^b   Palmer, Paula ^b   Arpawong, Thalida E ^a   Unger, Jennifer B ^a   Xie, Bin ^b   Rohrbach, Louise A ^a   Spruijt Metz, Donna ^a   Sussman, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction specificity; Addiction syndrome; Binge drinking; Cigarette smoking; Compulsive internet use; Internet addiction; Youth

Indexed keywords

PATH ANALYSIS; SMOKING; STUDENT; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPULSION; COMPULSIVE INTERNET USE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERNET ADDICTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

CHINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859021334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9030660     Document Type: Article

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