Video game addiction and social responsibility

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 489-493

  Van Rooij, Antonius J ^a   Meerkerk, Gert Jan ^a   Schoenmakers, Tim M ^a   Griffiths, Mark ^b   Van De Mheen, Dike ^a,c  

^a Addiction Research Institute Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

MMORPG, gambling; online video games; social responsibility; Video game addiction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956215561     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066350903168579     Document Type: Review

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