Lifestyle and depressive risk factors associated with problematic internet use in adolescents in an Arabian Gulf culture

Journal of Addiction Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 236-242

  Bener, Abdulbari ^a,b   Bhugra, Dinesh ^c  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Excessive internet use; Internet addictive behavior; Problematic; Video game

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARABIAN; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING HABIT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERNET ADDICTION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ASPECT; STUDENT RECRUITMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LIFE STYLE; MALE; QATAR; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887877402     PISSN: 19320620     EISSN: 19353227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0b013e3182926b1f     Document Type: Article

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