Gender and player characteristics in video game play of preadolescents

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1782-1789

  Homer, Bruce D ^a   Hayward, Elizabeth O ^b   Frye, Jonathan ^b   Plass, Jan L ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Game genres; Gender; Preadolescents; Psychological adjustment; Video games

Indexed keywords

GAME GENRES; GENDER; PREADOLESCENTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT; VIDEO GAME;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; SURVEYS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84863727228     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.04.018     Document Type: Article

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