Computer game playing in early adolescence

Youth and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 223-237

  Griffiths, Mark ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031286363     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X97029002004     Document Type: Article

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