Gert Jan Meerkerk

Summary

Affiliation: Addiction Research Institute
Country: The Netherlands

Publications

  1. ncbi Predicting compulsive Internet use: it's all about sex!
    Gert Jan Meerkerk
    IVO, Addiction Research Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Cyberpsychol Behav 9:95-103. 2006
  2. ncbi Online communication, compulsive Internet use, and psychosocial well-being among adolescents: a longitudinal study
    Regina J J M van den Eijnden
    Addiction Research Institute, Heemraadsingel 194, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Dev Psychol 44:655-65. 2008
  3. ncbi Comparing the diagnostic accuracy of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin, gamma-glutamyltransferase, and mean cell volume in a general practice population
    G J Meerkerk
    Addiction Research Institute Rotterdam, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Alcohol Clin Exp Res 23:1052-9. 1999
  4. ncbi The Compulsive Internet Use Scale (CIUS): some psychometric properties
    G J Meerkerk
    Addiction Research Institute, Rotterdam, Netherlands
    Cyberpsychol Behav 12:1-6. 2009

Detail Information

Publications4

  1. ncbi Predicting compulsive Internet use: it's all about sex!
    Gert Jan Meerkerk
    IVO, Addiction Research Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Cyberpsychol Behav 9:95-103. 2006
    ..On a longitudinal basis, spending a lot of time on erotica predicted an increase in CIU 1 year later. The addictive potential of the different applications varies; erotica appears to have the highest potential...
  2. ncbi Online communication, compulsive Internet use, and psychosocial well-being among adolescents: a longitudinal study
    Regina J J M van den Eijnden
    Addiction Research Institute, Heemraadsingel 194, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Dev Psychol 44:655-65. 2008
    ..Kraut et al., 1998), instant messenger use was positively associated with depression 6 months later. Finally, loneliness was negatively related to instant messenger use 6 months later...
  3. ncbi Comparing the diagnostic accuracy of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin, gamma-glutamyltransferase, and mean cell volume in a general practice population
    G J Meerkerk
    Addiction Research Institute Rotterdam, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Alcohol Clin Exp Res 23:1052-9. 1999
    ..CDT seems to be the best alcohol marker available, although the difference between CDT and MCV is small...
  4. ncbi The Compulsive Internet Use Scale (CIUS): some psychometric properties
    G J Meerkerk
    Addiction Research Institute, Rotterdam, Netherlands
    Cyberpsychol Behav 12:1-6. 2009
    ..The instrument showed good factorial stability across time and across different samples and subsamples. The internal consistency is high, and high correlations with concurrent and criterion variables demonstrate good validity...