Distinguishing addiction and high engagement in the context of online game playing

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1531-1548

  Charlton, John P ^a   Danforth, Ian D W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

^b WHITMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Computer attitudes; Computer games; Impulse control disorders; Taxonomies

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATA ACQUISITION; INTERNET; PATHOLOGY;

COMPUTER ATTITUDES; COMPUTER GAMES; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; TAXONOMIES;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 33846088397     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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