Playing online games: Flow experience

PsychNology Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 259-281

  Voiskounsky, Alexander E ^a   Mitina, Olga V ^a   Avetisova, Anastasiya A ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Flow; MUD; Online; Play; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149032134     PISSN: 17207525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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