Prevalence of the Pathological Internet Use in a Sample of Turkish School Adolescents
Background: The Internet addiction, also described as pathological Internet use (PIU), is conceptualized by an individual's inability to control his or her use of the Internet, which eventually causes marked distress and/or functional impairment. The aim of the present study was to investigate...
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Language: | English |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2009-12-01
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Series: | Iranian Journal of Public Health |
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Online Access: | https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/3151 |