The Internet addiction components model and personality: Establishing construct validity via a nomological network

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue , 2014, Pages 312-321

  Kuss, Daria J ^a   Shorter, Gillian W ^b   Van Rooij, Antonius J ^c,d   Van De Mheen, Dike ^c,d   Griffiths, Mark D ^e  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Addiction Research Institute Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Addiction components model; Construct validity; Internet addiction; Nomological network; Personality

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; EMOTIONAL STABILITIES; INTERNET ADDICTION; NOMOLOGICAL NETWORKS; PERSONALITY; PROBLEMATIC INTERNET USE; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

WORLD WIDE WEB; INTERNET;

EID: 84907311925     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.07.031     Document Type: Article

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