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Excessive internet use by young Europeans: psychological vulnerability and digital literacy?

Ellen Johanna Helspera Media and Communications Department, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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David Smahelb Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech RepublicORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2767-4331View further author information
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Pages 1255-1273 | Received 12 Jul 2017, Accepted 23 Nov 2018, Published online: 19 Feb 2019

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