Risk Factors of Internet Addiction and the Health Effect of Internet Addiction on Adolescents: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal and Prospective Studies

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Lam, Lawrence T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Health effect; Internet addiction; Protective factor; Risk factor; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD NEGLECT; DEPRESSION; FAMILY CONFLICT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INTERNET ADDICTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTIVATION; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; INTERNET; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; HUMANS; INTERNET; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84920911894     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-014-0508-2     Document Type: Review

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