Internet use and problematic Internet use among adolescents in Japan: A nationwide representative survey

Addictive Behaviors Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2016, Pages 58-64

  Mihara, Satoko ^a   Osaki, Yoneatsu ^b   Nakayama, Hideki ^a   Sakuma, Hiroshi ^a   Ikeda, Maki ^c   Itani, Osamu ^d   Kaneita, Yoshitaka ^d   Kanda, Hideyuki ^e   Ohida, Takashi ^c   Higuchi, Susumu ^a  

^a KURIHAMA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Internet use; Japan; Prevalence; Problematic Internet use; Young's Diagnostic Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; FEMALE; HABIT; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERNET ADDICTION; JAPAN; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); LIFESTYLE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL NETWORK; YOUNG'S DIAGNOSTIC QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84994704857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23528532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.abrep.2016.10.001     Document Type: Article

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