Internet addiction: Prevalence and risk factors: A cross-sectional study among college students in Bengaluru, the Silicon Valley of India

Internet addiction: Prevalence and risk factors: A cross-sectional study among college students in Bengaluru, the Silicon Valley of India

Background: The Internet is a widely used tool known to foster addictive behavior, and Internet addiction threatens to develop into a major public health issue in the near future in a rapidly developing country like India. Objective: This cross-sectional study intends to estimate prevalence, underst...

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Main Authors: Sharmitha Krishnamurthy, Satish Kumar Chetlapalli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Public Health
Subjects:
College students
Internet addiction
Internet use patterns
prevalence
risk factors
training center
Online Access:http://www.ijph.in/article.asp?issn=0019-557X;year=2015;volume=59;issue=2;spage=115;epage=121;aulast=Krishnamurthy

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