Prevalence and correlates of internet addiction in undergraduate students: Assessing with two major measures

International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 16-34

  Schoenfeld, Daniel ^a   Yan, Zheng ^b  

^a BENNINGTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Excessive internet use; Internet addiction; Measurement; Problematic internet use; Undergraduate students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898614433     PISSN: 21557136     EISSN: 21557144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/ijcbpl.2012040102     Document Type: Article

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