Online game addiction among adolescents: Motivation and prevention factors

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 321-340

  Xu, Zhengchuan ^a   Turel, Ofir ^b   Yuan, Yufei ^c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

addiction; computer games; harm reduction; motivation; prevention; technology addiction

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DIGITAL STORAGE; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SURVEYS;

ADDICTION; ATTENTION SWITCHING; HARM REDUCTION; ON-LINE GAME ADDICTIONS; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARE (PLS); PREVENTION; SURVEY INSTRUMENTS; TECHNOLOGY ADDICTIONS;

COMPUTER GAMES;

EID: 84860673841     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2011.56     Document Type: Review

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