Prevalence of internet addiction in the general population: Results from a German population-based survey

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 757-766

  Müller, Kai W ^a   Glaesmer, Heide ^b   Brähler, Elmar ^a   Woelfling, Klaus ^a   Beutel, Manfred E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b University Medical Centre of Leipzig   (Germany)

Author keywords

cognitive absorption; computer anxiety; depression; time compression

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STATISTICS; SURVEYS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE; COGNITIVE ABSORPTIONS; COMPUTER ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; HEALTH CONSEQUENCES; MULTI-FACETED APPROACH; TIME COMPRESSION;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84901856214     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2013.810778     Document Type: Article

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