Time perspective as a predictor of problematic Internet use: A study of Facebook users

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 989-993

  Chittaro, Luca ^a   Vianello, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Facebook users; Problematic Internet use; Temporal frames; Time perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884498851     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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