Role of parental relationships in pathological gaming

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue , 2011, Pages 1230-1236

  Da Charlie, Cheong Wei ^a   HyeKyung, Choo ^b   Khoo, Angeline ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Family counselling; Family environment; Online game; Parental relationship; Pathological gaming; Videogame

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855704865     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.10.238     Document Type: Conference Paper

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