A basic need theory approach to problematic Internet use and the mediating effect of psychological distress

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Wong, Ting Yat ^a,b   Yuen, Kenneth S L ^c   Li, Wang On ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b HONG KONG SHUE YAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Need satisfaction; Problematic Internet use; Psychological distress; Self determination theory; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926674465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01562     Document Type: Article

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