Religiosity, adolescent internet usage motives and addiction: An exploratory study

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1619-1638

  Charlton, John P ^a   Soh, Patrick C H ^b   Ang, Peng Hwa ^c   Chew, Kok Wai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

^b MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

gender; Internet addiction; motivation; religiosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885048247     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2012.735251     Document Type: Article

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