The Role of Structural Characteristics in Problematic Video Game Play: An Empirical Study

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 320-333

  King, Daniel L ^a   Delfabbro, Paul H ^a   Griffiths, Mark D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Problem video game play; Structural characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957593971     PISSN: 15571874     EISSN: 15571882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-010-9289-y     Document Type: Article

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