Flourishing and video games

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Vella, Kellie ^a   Johnson, Daniel ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

flow; self determination theory; video games; wellbeing

Indexed keywords

FLOW; MENTAL HEALTH; SELF-DETERMINATION THEORIES; VIDEO GAME; WELLBEING;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84865314633     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2336727.2336746     Document Type: Conference Paper

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