The german version of the generalized pathological internet use scale 2: A validation study

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 474-482

  Barke, Antonia ^a,b   Nyenhuis, Nele ^a   Kröner Herwig, Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; LONELINESS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; LONELINESS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903955882     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2013.0706     Document Type: Article

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