The relationships between behavioral addictions and the five-factor model of personality

Journal of Behavioral Addictions

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 90-99

  Andreassen, Cecilie Schou ^a,b   Griffiths, Mark D ^c   Gjertsen, Siri Renate ^a   Krossbakken, Elfrid ^a   Kvam, Siri ^a   Pallesen, Ståle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Bergen Clinics Foundation   (Norway)

^c NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioral addictions; Conscientiousness; Extroversion; Five factor model of personality; Neuroticism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901267964     PISSN: 20625871     EISSN: 20635303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/JBA.2.2013.003     Document Type: Article

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