Educational Research and Reviews

  • Abbreviation: Educ. Res. Rev.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1990-3839
  • DOI: 10.5897/ERR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2006

Full Length Research Paper

Internet addiction and loneliness as predictors of internet gaming disorder in adolescents

Zeliha TraÅŸ
  • Zeliha TraÅŸ
  • Department of Guidance and Psychological Counseling, Faculty of Education, Necmettin Erbakan University, Meram, Konya, Turkey.
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  •  Received: 30 May 2019
  •  Accepted: 08 July 2019
  •  Published: 31 July 2019

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