Development and Validation of a Self-reported Questionnaire for Measuring Internet Search Dependence

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Wang, Yifan ^a   Wu, Lingdan ^b   Zhou, Hongli ^a   Xu, Jiaojing ^a   Dong, Guangheng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Internet search dependence; psychological characteristic; questionnaire; reliability; validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018828062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2016.00274     Document Type: Article

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