Open AccessAddictive Potential of Internet Applications and Differential Correlates of Problematic Use in Internet Gamers versus Generalized Internet Users in a Representative Sample of Adolescents
Author(s) -
Thorsten Rosenkranz,
Kai Müller,
Michael Dreier,
Manfred E. Beutel,
Klaus Wölfling
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
european addiction research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.862
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1421-9891
pISSN - 1022-6877
DOI - 10.1159/000475984
Subject(s) - the internet , psychology , addiction , psychosocial , conscientiousness , dysfunctional family , extraversion and introversion , clinical psychology , coping (psychology) , personality , big five personality traits , psychiatry , social psychology , world wide web , computer science
This paper examines the addictive potential of 8 different Internet applications, distinguishing male and female users. Moreover, differential correlates of problematic use are investigated in Internet gamers (IG) and generalized Internet users (GIU).