Inducing attitude change toward online gaming among adolescent players based on dissonance theory: The role of threats and justification of effort

Computers and Education

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 162-168

  Wan, Chin Sheng ^a   Chiou, Wen Bin ^b  

^a SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Applications in subject areas; Interdisciplinary projects

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS IN SUBJECT AREAS; ATTITUDE CHANGE; CRITICAL ISSUES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT; LOW LEVEL; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; ON-LINE GAMES; ON-LINE GAMING; SIMILAR PATTERN;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 74249119972     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.07.016     Document Type: Article

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