A study on the effects of loneliness, depression and perceived social support on problematic internet use among university students

Anthropologist

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 533-542

  Ozsaker, Murat ^a   Muslu, Gonca Karayagiz ^b   Kahraman, Ayse ^c   Beytut, Dilek ^d   Yardimci, Figen ^c   Basbakkal, Zumrut ^c  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d IZMIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computer; Internet; Pathological internet use; Psychological problems; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924736511     PISSN: 09720073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09720073.2015.11891688     Document Type: Article

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