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Direct linkSmahel, David; Brown, B. Bradford; Blinka, Lukas – Developmental Psychology, 2012
The past decades have witnessed a dramatic increase in the number of youths using the Internet, especially for communicating with peers. Online activity can widen and strengthen the social networks of adolescents and emerging adults (Subrahmanyam & Smahel, 2011), but it also increases the risk of Internet addiction. Using a framework derived from…
Descriptors: Internet, Addictive Behavior, Friendship, Adolescents
