Online video gaming: What should educational psychologists know?

Educational Psychology in Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-40

  Griffiths, Mark ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Addiction; Adolescents; Educational psychologists; Online video gaming

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649781123     PISSN: 02667363     EISSN: 14695839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02667360903522769     Document Type: Article

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