Video game addiction test: Validity and psychometric characteristics

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 507-511

  Van Rooij, Antonius J ^a   Schoenmakers, Tim M ^a   Van Den Eijnden, Regina J J M ^b   Vermulst, Ad A ^c   Van De Mheen, Dike ^a,d  

^a Addiction Research Institute Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMPULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84866411535     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0007     Document Type: Article

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