Personality traits associated with problematic and non-problematic massively multiplayer online role playing game use

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 133-138

  Collins, Emily ^a   Freeman, Jonathan ^a   Chamarro Premuzic, Tomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Big Five; Emotional intelligence; Impulsivity; Massively multiplayer online role playing games; MMORPGs; Problematic video game use; Self regulation; Sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 81955164169     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.09.015     Document Type: Article

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