The world's most intense online gaming culture: Addiction and high-engagement prevalence rates among South Korean adolescents and young adults

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2143-2151

  Seok, Soonhwa ^a   Dacosta, Boaventura ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b A Harold and Associates LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Adolescents; High engagement; MMORPGs; Online video games; South Korea

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENTS; HIGH ENGAGEMENT; MMORPGS; ONLINE VIDEO; SOUTH KOREA;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84865644172     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.06.019     Document Type: Article

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