Relationship of internet addiction severity with depression, anxiety, and alexithymia, temperament and character in university students

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 272-278

  Dalbudak, Ercan ^a   Evren, Cuneyt ^b   Aldemir, Secil ^a   Coskun, Kerem Senol ^c   Ugurlu, Hilal ^a   Yildirim, Fatma Gul ^a  

^a FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Bakirkoy Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatry   (Turkey)

^c AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STUDENT; TEMPERAMENT; UNIVERSITY;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CHARACTER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STUDENTS; TEMPERAMENT; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876110862     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0390     Document Type: Article

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