Internet use and electronic gaming by children and adolescents with emotional and behavioural problems in Australia - Results from the second Child and Adolescent Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing

BMC Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Rikkers, Wavne ^a   Lawrence, David ^a,b   Hafekost, Jennifer ^a   Zubrick, Stephen R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children and adolescents; Electronic gaming; Internet problem behaviours; Internet use; Mental disorders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGY; VIDEO GAME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; RISK-TAKING; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84971228815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3058-1     Document Type: Article

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