Associations of social anxiety and depression with cognitions related to problematic Internet use in youths

Egitim ve Bilim

Volumn 38, Issue 169, 2013, Pages 19-29

  Durak, Mithat ^a   Şenol Durak, Emre ^a  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Cognitions; Depression; Fear anxiety; Problematic Internet use; Social anxiety; Youths

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892924082     PISSN: 13001337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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