A Preliminary Study Suggesting Similar Relationships Between Impulsivity and Severity of Problematic Internet Use in Male and Female Iranian College Students.
The main purpose of the present study is to investigate the potential for gender to moderate the relationships between facets of impulsivity and severity of problematic Internet use (PIU) among male and female university students in Iran. In this study, 201 individuals (95 male, 106 female) complete...
| Published in: | International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 277 - 288 |
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