Pathological video game use among youths: A two-year longitudinal study

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

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

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^e INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Depression; Impulse control; Longitudinal; Pathological video game use; Video game addiction

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEPRESSION; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; IMPULSIVENESS; INTERNET ADDICTION; JUVENILE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL VIDEO GAMING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 79551514364     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-1353     Document Type: Article

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