The development of the problematic online gaming questionnaire (POGQ)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Demetrovics, Zsolt ^a   Urbán, Róbert ^a   Nagygyörgy, Katalin ^a   Farkas, Judit ^a   Griffiths, Mark D ^b   Pápay, Orsolya ^a   Kökönyei, Gyöngyi ^a   Felvinczi, Katalin ^a   Oláh, Attila ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONFIRMATORY FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXPLORATORY FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMERSION (VIRTUAL REALITY); LATENT PROFILE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; NAMED GROUPS OF PERSONS; NON PROFESSIONAL ONLINE GAMER; ONLINE GAME ADDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOCCUPATION; PROBLEMATIC ONLINE GAMING; PROBLEMATIC ONLINE GAMING QUESTIONNAIRE; PROFESSIONAL ONLINE GAMER; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; VIRTUAL REALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; INTERNET; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84860994452     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036417     Document Type: Article

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