Recognizing internet addiction: Prevalence and relationship to academic achievement in adolescents enrolled in urban and rural Greek high schools

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 565-576

  Stavropoulos, Vasilis ^a   Alexandraki, Kiriaki ^a   Motti Stefanidi, Frosso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Adolescents; Internet addiction

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GREECE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INTERNET ADDICTION; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URBAN AREA;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84877031693     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.03.008     Document Type: Article

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