Prevalence and determinants of Internet addiction among adolescents

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 100-110

  Adiele, Ikenna ^a   Olatokun, Wole ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Extrinsic reason; Internet addiction; Intrinsic reason; Negative outcome; Offline behavioural addiction

Indexed keywords

EXTRINSIC REASON; INTERNET ADDICTION; INTRINSIC REASON; NEGATIVE OUTCOME; OFFLINE;

SURVEYS;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 84887313105     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.10.028     Document Type: Article

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