Prevalence of internet addiction and its association with stressful life events and psychological symptoms among adolescent internet users

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 744-747

  Tang, Jie ^a,b   Yu, Yizhen ^b   Du, Yukai ^b   Ma, Ying ^c   Zhang, Dongying ^a   Wang, Jiaji ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center   (China)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Chinese; Coping style; Internet addiction; Psychological symptoms; Stress life events

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET ADDICTION; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENTS; CHINESE; COPING STYLE; INTERNET ADDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS; STRESS LIFE EVENTS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CHILD; CHINA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84891658960     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.12.010     Document Type: Article

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