The measurement of Internet addiction: A critical review of existing scales and their psychometric properties

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 190-202

  Laconi, Stéphanie ^a   Rodgers, Rachel Florence ^b,c   Chabrol, Henri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ TOULOUSE JEAN JAURÈS   (France)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Internet addiction; Psychometric properties; Review; Scales

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL REVIEW; INTERNET ADDICTION; PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES; SCALES;

REVIEWS;

EID: 84908291538     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.09.026     Document Type: Review

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