Heritability of compulsive Internet use in adolescents

Addiction Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 460-468

  Vink, Jacqueline M ^a   Van Beijsterveldt, Toos C E M ^a   Huppertz, Charlotte ^a   Bartels, Meike ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Addictive behavior; adolescents; compulsive Internet use; heritability; Internet addiction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPULSION; COMPULSIVE INTERNET USE; COMPULSIVE INTERNET USE SCALE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNET; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VIDEO GAME; GENETICS; REGISTER; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; TIME FACTOR; TWINS; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; NETHERLANDS; REGISTRIES; SELF REPORT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL NETWORKING; TIME FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84959207582     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/adb.12218     Document Type: Article

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