Internet Use Scale for Emotional Distress Avoidance in Adolescents (IU-EDA): Development, Psychometric Validation, and Predictive Validity of Problematic Internet Use.

This study introduces and validates the Internet Use Scale for Emotional Distress Avoidance in Adolescents (IU-EDA), designed to assess the tendency to use the Internet as a coping strategy for negative emotional states. A total of 764 adolescents (51.8% boys; aged 11–17, mean age: 13.32 years) from...

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Publicado en:Journal of Prevention Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 259 - 285
Autores principales: Villanueva-Blasco, Víctor José, Gómez-Martínez, Sandra, Iranzo-Ejarque, Begoña
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Apr2026
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