Pathological video-gaming among singaporean youth

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 822-829

  Choo, Hyekyung ^a   Gentile, Douglas A ^b   Sim, Timothy ^c   Li, Dongdong ^d   Khoo, Angeline ^d   Liau, Albert K ^e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e HELP UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Prevalence of video gaming; Singapore children and adolescents

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 78650323380     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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