Gaming, gender, and time: Who makes time to play?

Sex Roles

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-13

  Winn, Jillian ^a   Heeter, Carrie ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Game behavior and trends; Gaming; Gender; Leisure and free time; Time use

Indexed keywords

EID: 66449123403     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-009-9595-7     Document Type: Article

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