A repeat cross-sectional analysis of the psychometric properties of the Compulsive Internet Use Scale (CIUS) with adolescents from public and private schools

Computers and Education

Volumn 86, Issue , 2015, Pages 172-181

  Dhir, Amandeep ^a,b   Chen, Sufen ^c   Nieminen, Marko ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Compulsive internet use; Psychometric validation; Public and private schools; Repeat cross sectional study

Indexed keywords

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ADOLESCENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INTERNET USE; PRIVATE SCHOOLS; PSYCHOMETRIC VALIDATIONS;

INTERNET;

EID: 84927163567     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2015.03.011     Document Type: Article

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