Personality differences between online game players and nonplayers in a student sample

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 232-234

  Teng, Ching I ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PERSONALITY; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; STUDENTS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 42349083781     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2007.0064     Document Type: Article

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