Facebook addiction and its relationship with mental health among Thai high school students

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 98, Issue , 2015, Pages S81-S90

  Hanprathet, Nitt ^a,b   Manwong, Mereerat ^a,c   Khumsri, Jiraporn ^a,d   Yingyeun, Rungmanee ^a,e   Phanasathit, Muthita ^a,f  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UBON RATCHATHANI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d Nopparatratchathanee Hospital   (Thailand)

^e Prasrimahabhodi Psychiatric Hospital   (Thailand)

^f THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Facebook addiction; High school students; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACEBOOK; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTERNET ADDICTION; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL NETWORK; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COMORBIDITY; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL MEDIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL MEDIA; STUDENTS; THAILAND;

EID: 84938117623     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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