The rate of prevalence in the internet addiction and its relationship with anxiety and students' field of study

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1202-1206

  Sepehrian, Firouzeh ^a   Lotf, Jalil Jabari ^b  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Internet addiction, Anxiety, Students' field of study

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864432030     PISSN: 19918178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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