Prevalence and risk factors of problematic Internet use: A cross-national comparison of Japanese and Chinese university students

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 263-279

  Yang, Chun Yan ^a   Sato, Takeshi ^a   Yamawaki, Niwako ^b   Miyata, Masakazu ^c  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chinese; depression; Japanese; perceived parental styles; problematic Internet use; relationship

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; JAPANESE; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREVALENCE; PROBLEMATIC INTERNET USE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

CHINESE; DEPRESSION; JAPANESE; PERCEIVED PARENTAL STYLES; PROBLEMATIC INTERNET USE; RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; JAPAN; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878928039     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461513488876     Document Type: Article

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