Internet addiction and its correlates among high school students: A preliminary study from Ahmedabad, India

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 500-505

  Yadav, Priyanka ^a   Banwari, Girish ^a   Parmar, Chirag ^a   Maniar, Rajesh ^a  

^a VS Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; India; Internet addiction; School students; Stress

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; INTERNET; INTERNET ADDICTION; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; STRESS;

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; INDIA; INTERNET ADDICTION; SCHOOL STUDENTS; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERNET; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS;

EID: 84888865349     PISSN: 18762018     EISSN: 18762026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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