Psychosocial causes and consequences of pathological gaming

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 144-152

  Lemmens, Jeroen S ^a   Valkenburg, Patti M ^a   Peter, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Game addiction; Longitudinal; Pathological gaming; Psychosocial well being; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENTS; GAME ADDICTION; LONGITUDINAL; PATHOLOGICAL GAMING; PSYCHOSOCIAL WELL-BEING; YOUTH;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 78449304039     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.07.015     Document Type: Article

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