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Excessive internet use in European adolescents: What determines differences in severity?

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  • Lukas Blinka
  • Kateřina Škařupová
  • Anna Ševčíková
  • Klaus Wölfling
  • Kai Müller
  • Michael Dreier

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Adolescents who struggle with attention and self-control and who are inclined toward online gaming may be especially vulnerable to the otherwise uncommon phenomenon of excessive internet use. Copyright Swiss School of Public Health 2015

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  • Lukas Blinka & Kateřina Škařupová & Anna Ševčíková & Klaus Wölfling & Kai Müller & Michael Dreier, 2015. "Excessive internet use in European adolescents: What determines differences in severity?," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 60(2), pages 249-256, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ijphth:v:60:y:2015:i:2:p:249-256
    DOI: 10.1007/s00038-014-0635-x
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