Identifying problematic internet users: Development and validation of the Internet Motive Questionnaire for Adolescents (IMQ-A)

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2014, Pages e230-

  Bischof Kastner, Christina ^a   Kuntsche, Emmanuel ^b   Wolstein, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Addictive behavior; Adolescents; Internet; Questionnaires; Statistical factor analysis; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84910142603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3398     Document Type: Article

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