The relationships between online game player biogenetic traits, playing time, and the genre of the game being played

Psychiatry Investigation

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-23

  Kim, Jun Won ^a   Han, Doug Hyun ^a   Park, Doo Byung ^a   Min, Kyung Joon ^a   Na, Churl ^a   Won, Su Kyung ^b   Park, Ga Na ^c  

^a Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b WITH Dr Kim Psychiatric Clinic   (South Korea)

^c Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Online game; Temperament and character inventory

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; INTERNET ADDICTION; KOREA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; REWARD; ROLE PLAYING;

EID: 77950838828     PISSN: 17383684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4306/pi.2010.7.1.17     Document Type: Article

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