Affect and the computer game player: The effect of gender, personality, and game reinforcement structure on affective responses to computer game-play

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 308-316

  Chumbley, Justin ^a   Griffiths, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AFFECT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; EMOTION; EXCITEMENT; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; GAME; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; REINFORCEMENT; SKILL; SOCIAL LEARNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 33745600416     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2006.9.308     Document Type: Article

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