Social network sites addiction, Internet addiction and individual differences: The role of Big-Five personality traits, behavioral inhibition/activation systems and loneliness

Alessio Tesi

Accepted August 31, 2018

First published August 31, 2018

https://doi.org/10.26387/bpa.282.3

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Tesi Alessio . Social network sites addiction, Internet addiction and individual differences: The role of Big-Five personality traits, behavioral inhibition/activation systems and loneliness. BPA Applied Psychology Bulletin. 2018;282(1):32-44. doi:10.26387/bpa.282.1.

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