Internet addiction: Coping styles, expectancies, and treatment implications

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue NOV, 2014, Pages

  Brand, Matthias ^a,b   Laier, Christian ^a   Young, Kimberly S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b ERWIN L HAHN INSTITUTE FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING   (Germany)

^c ST BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioral therapy; Coping; Internet addiction; Personality; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923360206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01256     Document Type: Article

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