Motivations for play in online games

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 772-775

  Yee, Nick ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION SERVICE; LIFESTYLE; MOOD DISORDER; MOTIVATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TECHNOLOGY; ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FEMALE; INTERNET; MALE; RECREATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MOTIVATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 33847739415     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2006.9.772     Document Type: Conference Paper

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