Pathological Internet use among adolescents: Comparing gamers and non-gamers

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 128-135

  Strittmatter, Esther ^a,b   Kaess, Michael ^a   Parzer, Peter ^a   Fischer, Gloria ^a   Carli, Vladimir ^c   Hoven, Christina W ^d,e   Wasserman, Camilla ^d,f   Sarchiapone, Marco ^f   Durkee, Tony ^c   Apter, Alan ^g   Bobes, Julio ^h   Brunner, Romuald ^a   Cosman, Doina ⁱ   Sisask, Merike ^j   Värnik, Peeter ^j   Wasserman, Danuta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Department of Medicine   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^g TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^h UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO   (Spain)

ⁱ IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^j TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

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Author keywords

Adolescents; Internet addiction; Internet gaming disorder; Psychological impairment; WE STAY

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTOMUTILATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; GAMER; HUMAN; INTERNET ADDICTION; INTERNET GAMING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; YOUNG DIAGNOSTIC QUESTIONNAIRE; ADDICTION; INTERNET; PSYCHOLOGY; VIDEO GAME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84930040927     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.04.029     Document Type: Article

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