Technological addictions: Conceptualisation, measurement, etiology and treatment

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 64, Issue , 2017, Pages 231-233

  Kuss, Daria J ^a   Billieux, Joël ^b,c  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; BEHAVIORAL ADDICTION; CONSENSUS; EDITORIAL; EMPIRICISM; HUMAN; INTERNET ADDICTION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MOBILE PHONE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; VIDEO GAME; CONCEPT FORMATION; INTERNET; PSYCHOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CELL PHONE; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84975705689     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.04.005     Document Type: Editorial

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