Problematic use of the mobile phone: A literature review and a pathways model

Current Psychiatry Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 299-307

  Billieux, Joël ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Addiction; Assessment; Cellular phone; Cyber addiction; Mobile phone; Pathways model; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSFUNCTIONAL MOBILE PHONE USE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERNET ADDICTION; MOBILE PHONE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL ADDICTION;

EID: 84869146811     PISSN: 15734005     EISSN: 18756441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340012803520522     Document Type: Review

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