Online gaming addiction? Motives predict addictive play behavior in massively multiplayer online role-playing games

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 480-485

  Kuss, Daria J ^a   Louws, Jorik ^b   Wiers, Reinout W ^c  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECREATION; SELF CONCEPT; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84866406000     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0034     Document Type: Article

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