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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Main Authors: S Canbaz, A Tevfik Sunter, Y Peksen, MA Canbaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2009-12-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/3151