Video-gaming among high school students: Health correlates, gender differences, and problematic gaming

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Desai, Rani A ^a   Krishnan Sarin, Suchitra ^a   Cavallo, Dana ^a   Potenza, Marc N ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Gender; Impulse control disorders; Risk behaviors; Video gaming

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD GROWTH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; VIDEORECORDING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 78649683074     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-2706     Document Type: Article

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