Why are children attracted to the Internet? the role of need satisfaction perceived online and perceived in daily real life

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 185-192

  Shen, Cai Xia ^a   Liu, Ru De ^a   Wang, Dan ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Internet use; Motivation; Self determination theory

Indexed keywords

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS; INTERNET USE; NEGATIVE AFFECTS; POSITIVE AFFECTS; SELF-DETERMINATION THEORIES; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TIME SPENT;

MOTIVATION;

INTERNET;

EID: 84868194627     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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