Characteristics of Internet Addiction/Pathological Internet Use in U.S. university students: A qualitative-method investigation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Li, Wen ^a   O'Brien, Jennifer E ^a   Snyder, Susan M ^a   Howard, Matthew O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPULSIVE INTERNET USE SCALE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMOTIONALITY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERNET ADDICTION; INTERPERSONAL STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; YOUNG DIAGNOSTIC QUESTIONNAIRE; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DEPRESSION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; SELF REPORT; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922346637     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117372     Document Type: Article

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