Internet use and psychological well-being among college students: A latent profile approach

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2219-2226

  Chen, Ssu Kuang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Internet use; Latent profile analysis; Problematic Internet use; Psychological well being

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE STUDENTS; INTERNET USE; MULTINOMIAL LOGISTIC REGRESSION; ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT; ONLINE RESOURCES; PROBLEMATIC INTERNET USE; PROFILE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING;

LOGISTICS; STUDENTS;

INTERNET;

EID: 84865625360     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.06.029     Document Type: Article

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