Uncovering latent profiles of internet, smartphone and gaming use among young adults and their relationships with psychosocial risk factors.
The present study examined internet users aged 18–24 years based on their generalised (i.e. internet and smartphone) and specific (i.e. gaming, frequency of gaming, time spent in video game sessions) problematic internet use behaviours, and their relations with sociodemographic variables and psychos...
| Publicado en: | Behaviour & Information Technology Vol. 43; no. 16; pp. 3955 - 3970 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec2024
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