Toward a Holistic, Age‐Graded Understanding of Excessive Internet Use: An Application of Containment Theory.
The growing prevalence of internet use and evidence indicating both harmful and beneficial consequences of "being on‐line" suggest the importance of understanding risk and protective factors that may prevent use from becoming "excessive." While research has explored the psychological factors precipi...
| Publicado en: | Sociological Inquiry Vol. 96; no. 2; pp. 326 - 345 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
May2026
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