Internet Addiction and Well-Being in Early Adolescence: A Random-Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Study of Between- and Within-Person Effects in Taiwan.
This study examines the relationship between Internet addiction (IA) and well-being among early adolescents in Taiwan, and tests whether this relationship operates within persons or between persons. We used a three-wave longitudinal dataset from 39 elementary schools in Keelung City, collected betwe...
| Publicado en: | Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal pp. 1 - 13 |
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| Formato: | Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Aug2026
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