The role of self-esteem in internet addiction: A comparison between Turkish, Polish and Ukrainian samples

European Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 149-155

  Błachnio, Agata ^a   Przepiórka, Aneta ^a   Senol Durak, Emre ^b   Durak, Mithat ^b   Sherstyuk, Lyubomyr ^a  

^a JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cultures; Internet addiction; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET ADDICTION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; POLAND; POLISH CITIZEN; PREDICTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SELF EVALUATION; TURK (PEOPLE); TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UKRAINE; UKRAINIAN (PEOPLE); VOLUNTEER; YOUNG ADULT; YOUNG INTERNET ADDICTION TEST;

EID: 84994620492     PISSN: 02136163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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