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Flow on the Internet: a longitudinal study of Internet addiction symptoms during adolescence

Vasileios StavropoulosFaculty of Philosophy, Pedagogy, and Psychology, University of Athens, Athens, Greece;Faculty of Health, Federation University, Ballarat, AustraliaView further author information
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Mark D. GriffithsSchool of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UKView further author information
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Tyrone L. BurleighFaculty of Health, Federation University, Ballarat, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Daria J. KussSchool of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UKView further author information
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Young Yim DohGraduate School of Culture Technology, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of KoreaView further author information
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Rapson GomezFaculty of Health, Federation University, Ballarat, AustraliaView further author information
Pages 159-172 | Received 13 Apr 2017, Accepted 29 Dec 2017, Published online: 22 Jan 2018

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Joon-ho Kim, Seung-hye Jung & Hyun-ju Choi. (2023) Antecedents influencing SNS addiction and exhaustion (fatigue syndrome): focusing on six countries. Behaviour & Information Technology 42:15, pages 2601-2625.
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Dominic Lloyd O’Farrell, Kyi-Lyn Baynes, Halley M. Pontes, Mark D. Griffiths & Vasileios Stavropoulos. (2020) Depression and Disordered Gaming: Does Culture Matter?. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction 20:2, pages 843-861.
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Daisy Araújo Rodrigues, Inês Carvalho Relva & Otília Monteiro Fernandes. (2022) Funcionamento familiar e dependência da internet em adolescentes. CES Psicología 15:1, pages 44-67.
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Maria Morcos, Vasileios Stavropoulos, John Jason Rennie, Michael Clark & Halley M. Pontes. (2019) Internet Gaming Disorder: Compensating as a Draenei in World of Warcraft. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction 19:3, pages 669-685.
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Mehmet KARA. (2021) High Schoolers’ Usage Intensity of Mobile Social Media and Nomophobia: Investigating the Mediating Role of Flow Experience. Participatory Educational Research 8:1, pages 409-422.
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