Social Networking Addiction: An Overview of Preliminary Findings

Behavioral Addictions: Criteria, Evidence, and Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 119-141

  Griffiths, Mark D ^a   Kuss, Daria J ^a   Demetrovics, Zsolt ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Negative consequences; Social network addiction; Social networking sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902238389     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-407724-9.00006-9     Document Type: Chapter

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