Internet addiction: A systematic review of epidemiological research for the last decade

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 20, Issue 25, 2014, Pages 4026-4052

  Kuss, D J ^a   Griffiths, M D ^a   Karila, L ^b   Billieux, J ^c  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Empirical research; Epidemiology; Internet addiction; Large scale; Last decade; Literature review; Quantitative

Indexed keywords

AGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMORBIDITY; COMPULSION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FRUSTRATION; GOLD STANDARD; HARM REDUCTION; HIGH SCHOOL; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNET ADDICTION; ITALY; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONELINESS; MIGRANT; MOOD; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; REWARD; RURAL AREA; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WELLBEING; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; INTERNET; PSYCHOLOGY; UTILIZATION;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; HUMANS; INTERNET;

EID: 84904035065     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: 18734286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/13816128113199990617     Document Type: Review

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