Excessive internet use in European adolescents: What determines differences in severity?

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 249-256

  Blinka, Lukas ^a   Škařupová, Kateřina ^a   Ševčíková, Anna ^a   Wölfling, Klaus ^b   Müller, Kai W ^b   Dreier, Michael ^b  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Excessive internet use; Internet addiction

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84925483561     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-014-0635-x     Document Type: Article

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