Internet addiction assessment tools: dimensional structure and methodological status.
Aims Excessive internet use is becoming a concern, and some have proposed that it may involve addiction. We evaluated the dimensions assessed by, and psychometric properties of, a range of questionnaires purporting to assess internet addiction. Methods Fourteen questionnaires were identified purport...
| Publicado en: | Addiction Vol. 108; no. 7; pp. 1207 - 1217 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jul2013
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