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Zhou, Nan; Cao, Hongjian; Liu, Fenge; Wu, Lulu; Liang, Yue; Xu, Jianjie; Meng, Haoran; Zang, Ning; Hao, Ruining; An, Ye; Ma, Shanshan; Fang, Xiaoyi; Zhang, Jintao – Developmental Psychology, 2020
Based on 4 annual waves of data from a large sample of Chinese college students (N = 2,329, M[subscript age] = 18.40 years old, SD = 0.85; 63.10% females), this study examines the within-person and between-person effects in the association between problematic Internet use (PIU) and mental health issues. Results of analyses using the developmental…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Mental Disorders, Behavior Problems
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Smahel, David; Brown, B. Bradford; Blinka, Lukas – Developmental Psychology, 2012
The past decades have witnessed a dramatic increase in the number of youths using the Internet, especially for communicating with peers. Online activity can widen and strengthen the social networks of adolescents and emerging adults (Subrahmanyam & Smahel, 2011), but it also increases the risk of Internet addiction. Using a framework derived from…
Descriptors: Internet, Addictive Behavior, Friendship, Adolescents