Internet addiction and relationships with insomnia, anxiety, depression, stress and self-esteem in university students: A cross-sectional designed study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Younes, Farah ^a   Halawi, Ghinwa ^a   Jabbour, Hicham ^a,b   Osta, Nada El ^a,c   Karam, Latife ^a,b   Hajj, Aline ^a   Khabbaz, Lydia Rabbaa ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; CAREER PLANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION ANXIETY STRESS SCALE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTERNET ADDICTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; RATING SCALE; ROSENBERG SELF ESTEEM SCALE; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; YOUNG INTERNET ADDICTION TEST; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COMPLICATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PREVALENCE; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84990944942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161126     Document Type: Article

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