The relationship between media multitasking and attention problems in adolescents: Results of two longitudinal studies

Human Communication Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 3-30

  Baumgartner, Susanne E ^a   Van Der Schuur, Winneke A ^a   Lemmens, Jeroen S ^a   Te Poel, Fam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Attention problems; Media effects; Media multitasking; Reinforcing effects; Spiral models

Indexed keywords

EID: 85051815735     PISSN: 03603989     EISSN: 14682958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hcre.12111     Document Type: Article

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