Is excessive online usage a function of medium or activity? An empirical pilot study

Journal of Behavioral Addictions

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 74-77

  Griffiths, Mark D ^a   Szabo, Attila ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Addiction; Computer; Dependence; Habit; Online; Virtual environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923254146     PISSN: 20625871     EISSN: 20635303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/JBA.2.2013.016     Document Type: Article

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