Measuring problem video game playing in adolescents

Addiction

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1601-1606

  Tejeiro Salguero, Ricardo A ^a   Bersabé Morán, Rosa M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Addiction; Adolescence; Dependence; Scale validation; Video games

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RECREATION; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPAIN; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 0036914066     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2002.00218.x     Document Type: Article

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