Cross-cultural study of Problematic Internet Use in nine European countries

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Highlights：

• The prevalence of Problematic Internet Use (PIU) ranged from 14% to 55%.

• PIU was more frequent among women in all samples.

• Time online and psychopathological variables explained PIU in the total sample.

• PIU was explained by different variables depending on countries and gender.

摘要

•The prevalence of Problematic Internet Use (PIU) ranged from 14% to 55%.•PIU was more frequent among women in all samples.•Time online and psychopathological variables explained PIU in the total sample.•PIU was explained by different variables depending on countries and gender.

论文关键词：Internet addiction,Psychopathology,Cross-cultural,Gender

论文评审过程：Received 19 January 2018, Revised 1 March 2018, Accepted 13 March 2018, Available online 22 March 2018, Version of Record 22 March 2018.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.03.020