The relation between problematic internet use and healthy lifestyle behaviours in high school students

Advances in School Mental Health Promotion

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 93-104

  Yildiz, Ilknur ^a   Yildirim, Ferda ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Healthy lifestyle behaviours; High school students; Problematic internet use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899883260     PISSN: 1754730X     EISSN: 20498535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1754730X.2012.691355     Document Type: Article

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