Internet use and Problematic Internet Use: a systematic review of longitudinal research trends in adolescence and emergent adulthood

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 430-454

  Anderson, Emma Louise ^a   Steen, Eloisa ^b   Stavropoulos, Vasileios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

adolescence; emergent adulthood; Internet Use; longitudinal; Problematic Internet Use; systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991030101     PISSN: 02673843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673843.2016.1227716     Document Type: Review

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