Psychometric Validation of the Compulsive Internet Use Scale: Relationship With Adolescents’ Demographics, ICT Accessibility, and Problematic ICT Use

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 197-214

  Dhir, Amandeep ^a,b   Chen, Sufen ^c   Nieminen, Marko ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adolescents; compulsive Internet use; empirical study; ICT accessibility; problematic ICT use; psychometric validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975760118     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439315572575     Document Type: Article

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