"I'm attached, and I'm a good guy/gal!": How character attachment influences pro-and anti-social motivations to play massively multiplayer online role-playing games

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 169-174

  Bowman, Nicholas David ^a   Schultheiss, Daniel ^b   Schumann, Christina ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; ROLE PLAYING; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROLE PLAYING; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84858414340     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2011.0311     Document Type: Article

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