Pathological Internet use among European adolescents: psychopathology and self-destructive behaviours.
Rising global rates of pathological Internet use (PIU) and related psychological impairments have gained considerable attention in recent years. In an effort to acquire evidence-based knowledge of this relationship, the main objective of this study was to investigate the association between PIU, psy...
| Published in: | European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Vol. 23; no. 11; pp. 1093 - 1103 |
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| Format: | research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Nov2014
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