Concurrent and Predictive Relationships Between Compulsive Internet Use and Substance Use: Findings from Vocational High School Students in China and the USA

Concurrent and Predictive Relationships Between Compulsive Internet Use and Substance Use: Findings from Vocational High School Students in China and the USA

Purpose: Compulsive Internet Use (CIU) has increasingly become an area of research among process addictions. Largely based on data from cross-sectional studies, a positive association between CIU and substance use has previously been reported. This study presents gender and country-specific longitud...

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Main Authors: Bin Xie, Louise A. Rohrbach, Steve Sussman, Donna Spruijt-Metz, Jennifer B. Unger, Carl Anderson Johnson, Paula Palmer, Thalida E. Arpawong, Ping Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-02-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
compulsive internet use
internet addiction
youth
cigarette smoking
binge drinking
addiction syndrome
addiction specificity
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/9/3/660/

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