The Associations between Family-Related Factors and Excessive Internet Use in Adolescents.
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SUBMITTER: Faltynkova A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7084393 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
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The Associations between Family-Related Factors and Excessive Internet Use in Adolescents.
Faltýnková Anna A Blinka Lukas L Ševčíková Anna A Husarova Daniela D
International journal of environmental research and public health 20200308 5
This study examined the relationship between Excessive Internet Use (EIU) in adolescents and their family environment, namely the family type, the family economic status, the effect of parental care, the level of parental control, the amount of parental monitoring, the quality of communication, and the time spent together. The study was based on data from an international survey, Health Behaviour in School Aged Children (HBSC), conducted in Slovakia. The sample representative for adolescents inc ...[more]
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