Differential Psychological Impact of Internet Exposure on Internet Addicts

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Romano, Michela ^a   Osborne, Lisa A ^b   Truzoli, Roberto ^a   Reed, Phil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISTIC SPECTRUM QUOTIENT QUESTIONNAIRE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; INTERNET; INTERNET ADDICTION; INTERNET ADDICTION TEST; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD; MOOD DISORDER; OXFORD LIVERPOOL INVENTORY OF FEELINGS AND EXPERIENCED-BRIEF VERSION; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE;

EID: 84873589033     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055162     Document Type: Article

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