Predictors of Adolescents' Excessive Internet Use: A Comparison across European Countries
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| Year of publication | 2012 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | 15th European Conference on Developmental Psychology |
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| Field | Psychology |
| Keywords | excessive Internet use; Internet addiction; adolescence; international comparison; EU Kids Online |
| Description | Using data collected from the EU Kids Online II project, a random stratified sample of 18.709 adolescents aged 11-16 years, from 25 European countries, was used to analyse the relationship between excessive Internet use (EIU) and a set of psychological, behavioural, and demographic variables. At a European level, psychological variables were the best predictors, accounting for more of the variation in EIU than both behavioural and demographic variables combined. On a national level, the most stable predictor was emotional difficulties, while all the other variables shifted across countries. |
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