Assessment of problematic internet use by the compulsive internet use scale and the internet addiction test: A sample of problematic and pathological gamblers

European Addiction Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 75-81

  Guertler, Diana ^a   Rumpf, Hans Juergen ^b   Bischof, Anja ^b   Kastirke, Nadin ^a   Petersen, Kay Uwe ^c   John, Ulrich ^a   Meyer, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assessment; Internet addiction; Pathological gambling; Psychometric properties; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; COMPULSIVE INTERNET USE SCALE; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DSM-IV; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNET ADDICTION; INTERNET ADDICTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL LIFE; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; IMPULSIVENESS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896129454     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: 14219891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000355076     Document Type: Article

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