Who are problematic internet users? An investigation of the correlations between problematic internet use and shyness, loneliness, narcissism, aggression and self-perception

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2382-2387

  Odaci, Hatice ^a   Çelik, Çiǧdem Berber ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aggression; Loneliness; Narcissism; Problematic internet use; Self perception; Shyness

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; LONELINESS; NARCISSISM; PROBLEMATIC INTERNET USE; SELF-PERCEPTION; SHYNESS;

STUDENTS;

INTERNET;

EID: 84879123571     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.05.026     Document Type: Article

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