Understanding motivation in internet gaming among Singaporean youth: The role of passion

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1179-1184

  Wang, Chee Keng John ^a   Liu, Woon Chia ^a   Chye, Stefanie ^a   Chatzisarantis, Nikos L D ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Flow; Harmonious passion; Obsessive passion; Perceived Locus of Causality

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL GAMING; FLOW; HARMONIOUS PASSION; INTERNET GAMING; OBSESSIVE PASSION; PATH ANALYSIS; PERCEIVED LOCUS OF CAUSALITY; SECONDARY SCHOOLS; SINGAPORE;

INTERNET; MOTIVATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

TEACHING;

EID: 79952190169     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

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