Study addiction - A new area of psychological study: Conceptualization, assessment, and preliminary empirical findings

Journal of Behavioral Addictions

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 75-84

  Atroszko, Paweł A ^a   Andreassen, Cecilie Schou ^b,c   Griffiths, Mark D ^d   Pallesen, Ståle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c The Bergen Clinics Foundation   (Norway)

^d NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Assessment; Learning engagement; Scale; Study addiction; Workaholism

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BERGEN STUDY ADDICTION SCALE; COMPULSION; CONFLICT; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD CHANGE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELAPSE; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP QUALITY; STRESS; STUDY ADDICTION; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; WORK ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; NORWAY; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARDS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; NORWAY; POLAND; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949970073     PISSN: 20625871     EISSN: 20635303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/2006.4.2015.007     Document Type: Article

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