Open AccessEffect of Pathological Use of the Internet on Adolescent Mental Health
Author(s) -
Lawrence Lam,
Ziwen Peng
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3628
pISSN - 1072-4710
DOI - 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.159
Subject(s) - anxiety , mental health , depression (economics) , confounding , pathological , the internet , medicine , psychology , psychiatry , clinical psychology , world wide web , computer science , economics , macroeconomics
To examine the effect of pathological use of the Internet on the mental health, including anxiety and depression, of adolescents in China. It is hypothesized that pathological use of the Internet is detrimental to adolescents’ mental health.
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