Children and video games: Addiction, engagement, and scholastic achievement

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 567-572

  Skoric, Marko M ^a   Teo, Linda Lay Ching ^b   Neo, Rachel Lijie ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Honeywell Technology Solutions Laboratory   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADDICTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DANFORTH ENGAGEMENT ADDICTION II SCALE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGAPORE;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 70350093300     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2009.0079     Document Type: Article

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