Exploring personality characteristics of Chinese adolescents with internet-related addictive behaviors: Trait differences for gaming addiction and social networking addiction

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 42, Issue , 2015, Pages 32-35

  Wang, Chong Wen ^a   Ho, Rainbow T H ^a   Chan, Cecilia L W ^a   Tse, Samson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Addictive behavior; Adolescents; Gaming addiction; Internet addiction; Personality; Social networking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BERGEN FACEBOOK ADDICTION SCALE REVISED; BIG FIVE INVENTORY; CHINESE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; GAME ADDICTION SCALE; GAMING ADDICTION; HUMAN; INTERNET ADDICTION; INTERNET ADDICTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL NETWORKING ADDICTION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; ADDICTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; HONG KONG; INTERNET; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VIDEO GAME;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORKING; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84911102443     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.10.039     Document Type: Article

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