Interrelations between virtual-world and real-world activities: Comparison of genders, age groups, and pathological and nonpathological internet users

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 263-269

  Bayraktar, Fatih ^a   Amca, Hasan ^a  

^a EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84862096643     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2011.0337     Document Type: Article

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