Relationship between levels of problematic Internet usage and motivation to study in university students

Higher Education

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 711-723

  Reed, Phil ^a   Reay, Emma ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Internet addiction; Motivation to study; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945436636     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: 1573174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-015-9862-1     Document Type: Article

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