Work stress and subsequent risk of internet addiction among information technology engineers in Taiwan

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 542-550

  Chen, Sung Wei ^a,b   Gau, Susan Shur Fen ^c   Pikhart, Hynek ^a   Peasey, Anne ^a   Chen, Shih Tse ^b   Tsai, Ming Chen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905498708     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2013.0686     Document Type: Article

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