Comorbidity of psychiatric disorders with Internet addiction in a clinical sample: The effect of personality, defense style and psychopathology

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1839-1845

  Floros, Georgios ^a,b   Siomos, Konstantinos ^b   Stogiannidou, Ariadni ^a   Giouzepas, Ioannis ^a   Garyfallos, Georgios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Hellenic Association for the Study of Internet Addiction Disorder   (Greece)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Internet addiction; Personality; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906057316     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.07.031     Document Type: Article

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