Association between problematic internet use and impulse control disorders among Iranian university students

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 270-273

  Mazhari, Shahrzad ^a  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPULSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; INTERNET; IRAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; INTERNET; IRAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862101231     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2011.0548     Document Type: Article

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