Orientations to video games among gender and age groups

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 238-259

  Greenberg, Bradley S ^a   Sherry, John ^a,b   Lachlan, Kenneth ^b   Lucas, Kristen ^c   Holmstrom, Amanda ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Age differences; Children; Competition; Game play; Gender differences; Imagination; Leisure activities; Motives; Physical games; Time; Uses and gratifications; Video game genres; Video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952515172     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: 1552826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878108319930     Document Type: Article

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