Heavy Internet use and its associations with health risk and health-promoting behaviours among Thai university students

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 187-194

  Peltzer, Karl ^a,b,c   Pengpid, Supa ^b,c   Apidechkul, Tawatchai ^d  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d MAE FAH LUANG UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

health behaviour; heavy internet use; Thailand; university students

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SLEEP TIME; SUBSTANCE USE; THAI (PEOPLE); TOBACCO USE; UNDERWEIGHT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; LIFE STYLE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; STUDENTS; THAILAND; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899840456     PISSN: 03340139     EISSN: 21910278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijamh-2013-0508     Document Type: Article

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