The Mediating Role of Symptoms of Psychopathology Between Irrational Beliefs and Internet Gaming Addiction

Journal of Rational - Emotive and Cognitive - Behavior Therapy

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 387-405

  Vukosavljevic Gvozden, Tatjana ^a   Filipovic, Severina ^a   Opacic, Goran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Internet gaming addiction; Irrational beliefs; Symptoms of psychopathology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957972283     PISSN: 08949085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10942-015-0218-7     Document Type: Article

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