Authors

Lawrence T. Lam, University of Notre Dame AustraliaFollow

Temporal Stability of Repeated Assessments of Problematic Internet Use Among Adolescents: A Prospective Cohort Study

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2012

Abstract

The growth of Internet usage has been phenomenal in the last decade. According to the latest statistics on worldwide usage of the Internet, there has been a 4-times increase in the number of users.1 In terms of regional distributions by geographic locations, Asia is the area with the highest number of Internet users in the world in 2009 with more than 764.4 millions.¹ With such a large population of Internet users, misuse and loss of control in the use of the Internet should not be expected rare events.

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The Author:

Associate Professor Lam

Recommended Citation

Lam, L. T. (2012). Temporal stability of repeated assessments of problematic internet use among adolescents: A prospective cohort study. In L. L'Abate (ed.). Mental illnesses - evaluation, treatments and implications (pp. 57-64). In Tech.