Associating internet usage with depressive behavior among college students

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 73-80

  Katikalapudi, Raghavendra ^a,c   Chellappan, Sriram ^a,c   Montgomery, Frances ^a,c   Wunsch, Donald ^a,c   Lutzen, Karl ^b,c  

^a Department of Computer Science ^*  (United States)

^b Information Technology Department   (United States)

^c MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROLS; COLLEGE STUDENTS; INTERNET USAGE; MENTAL HEALTH;

SURVEYS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84871729584     PISSN: 02780097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MTS.2012.2225462     Document Type: Article

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