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International Journal of Psychology & Behavior Analysis Volume 4 (2018), Article ID 4:IJPBA-141, 6 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2455-3867/2018/141
Research Article
Depression and Impulsivity Mediating the Relationship Between Social Anxiety and Internet Addiction

Catherine So-kum Tang1,2

1Department of Psychology, National university of Singapore, Kent Ridge Rd, 119077, Singapore
2Center for Family and Population Research, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge Rd, 119077, Singapore
Dr. Catherine So-kum Tang, Block AS4 #02-07, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, 9 Arts Link, Singapore 117570, Tel: (65) 65167652; E-mail: tang.catherine@nus.edu.sg
15 December 2017; 20 February 2018; 22 February 2018
Tang CSK (2018) Depression and Impulsivity Mediating the Relationship Between Social Anxiety and Internet Addiction. Int J Psychol Behav Anal 4: 141. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2455-3867/2018/141
© 2018 Tang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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